gwario

Welsh

Etymology

From obsolete English ware (“lay out goods, lay out money”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwarjɔ/

Verb

gwario (first-person singular present gwariaf)

1. spend (money)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwariaf	gweri	gwaria	gwariwn	gweriwch, gwariwch	gwariant	gwerir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	gwariwn	gwerit	gwariai	gwariem	gwariech	gwarient	gwerid
preterite	gweriais	gweriaist	gwariodd	gwariasom	gwariasoch	gwariasant	gwariwyd
pluperfect	gwariaswn	gwariasit	gwariasai	gwariasem	gwariasech	gwariasent	gwariasid, gwariesid
present subjunctive	gwariwyf	gweriech	gwario	gwariom	gwarioch	gwariont	gwarier
imperative	—	gwaria	gwaried	gwariwn	gweriwch, gwariwch	gwarient	gwarier
verbal noun	gwario
verbal adjectives	gwariedig gwariadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwaria i, gwariaf i	gwari di	gwarith o/e/hi, gwariff e/hi	gwariwn ni	gwariwch chi	gwarian nhw
conditional	gwariwn i, gwariswn i	gwariet ti, gwariset ti	gwariai fo/fe/hi, gwarisai fo/fe/hi	gwarien ni, gwarisen ni	gwariech chi, gwarisech chi	gwarien nhw, gwarisen nhw
preterite	gwariais i, gwaries i	gwariaist ti, gwariest ti	gwariodd o/e/hi	gwarion ni	gwarioch chi	gwarion nhw
imperative	—	gwaria	—	—	gwariwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• camwario (“misspend”, verb)
• gorwario (“overspend”, verb)
• gwariant m (“expenditure”)
• gwrthwariant (“sumptuary”, adjective)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwario	wario	ngwario	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwario”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies