caboli

Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaˈbɔli/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kaˈboːli/

Verb

caboli (first-person singular present cabolaf)

1. to polish, to buff, to burnish

   Synonym: llathru

2. (figurative) to polish, to perfect

   Synonyms: perffeithio, coethi, cywreinio

Conjugation

Conjugation of caboli (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cabolaf	caboli	cabol, cabola	cabolwn	cabolwch	cabolant	cabolir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cabolwn	cabolit	cabolai	cabolem	cabolech	cabolent	cabolid
preterite	cabolais	cabolaist	cabolodd	cabolasom	cabolasoch	cabolasant	cabolwyd
pluperfect	cabolaswn	cabolasit	cabolasai	cabolasem	cabolasech	cabolasent	cabolasid, cabolesid
present subjunctive	cabolwyf	cabolych	cabolo	cabolom	caboloch	cabolont	caboler
imperative	—	cabol, cabola	caboled	cabolwn	cabolwch	cabolent	caboler
verbal noun	caboli
verbal adjectives	caboledig caboladwy

Conjugation of caboli (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cabola i, cabolaf i	caboli di	cabolith o/e/hi, caboliff e/hi	cabolwn ni	cabolwch chi	cabolan nhw
conditional	cabolwn i, cabolswn i	cabolet ti, cabolset ti	cabolai fo/fe/hi, cabolsai fo/fe/hi	cabolen ni, cabolsen ni	cabolech chi, cabolsech chi	cabolen nhw, cabolsen nhw
preterite	cabolais i, caboles i	cabolaist ti, cabolest ti	cabolodd o/e/hi	cabolon ni	caboloch chi	cabolon nhw
imperative	—	cabola	—	—	cabolwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• caboledig, cabol (“polished”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caboli

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caboli	gaboli	nghaboli	chaboli

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “caboli”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “caboli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies