yw

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See also: YW, yW, -yw, and -yw-

English[edit]

Phrase[edit]

yw

  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of you're welcome.

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Middle English[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

yw

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

yw

  1. (South Wales, literary) third-person singular present of bod (used in identifications and interrogatives)
    Crys Sioned yw hwnna.
    That is Sioned’s shirt.
    Yw’r cwrw ’ma’n gryf? (colloquial)
    Is this beer strong?
    A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? (literary)
    Is this beer strong?
    Beth yw hwn?
    What is this?
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Etymology 2[edit]

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Aeronen ywen.

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (yew), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (yew).[1]

Noun[edit]

yw f (collective, singulative ywen)

  1. yew trees, coniferous trees of genus Taxus, especially common or English yew trees (Taxus baccata)[2]
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Noun[edit]

yw m (collective, singulative ywyn)[3]

  1. (carpentry) yew wood

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
yw unchanged unchanged hyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “yw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 7‎[2]
  3. ^ Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Zhuang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (medicine). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (), ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling )

  1. medicine
  2. poison
    Synonym: doeg
  3. medicinal herb

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Verb[edit]

yw (1957–1982 spelling )

  1. to treat (an illness)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ei