buwch goch gota
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From buwch (“cow”) + coch (“red”) + cwta (“short, little”), lit. "little red cow".
Noun
[edit]buwch goch gota f (plural buchod coch cwta)
- ladybug, ladybird, ladycow
- Nursery rhyme:
- Y fuwch goch gota / P'un glaw ai hindda? / Os taw glaw, cwymp o'm llaw / Os taw teg, hedfana.
- Ladybird / Which [will it be], rain or fine weather? / If rain, fall from my hand / If fine weather, fly away.
- Y fuwch goch gota / P'un glaw ai hindda? / Os taw glaw, cwymp o'm llaw / Os taw teg, hedfana.
- Nursery rhyme:
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
buwch goch gota | fuwch goch gota | muwch goch gota | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “buwch goch gota”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies