cannu

Welsh

Etymology

From can (“white, brilliant”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkani/

Verb

cannu (first-person singular present cannaf)

1. to bleach, to whiten

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cannaf	cenni	canna	cannwn	cennwch, cannwch	cannant	cennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cannwn	cannit	cannai	cannem	cannech	cannent	cennid
preterite	cennais	cennaist	cannodd	cannasom	cannasoch	cannasant	cannwyd
pluperfect	cannaswn	cannasit	cannasai	cannasem	cannasech	cannasent	cannasid, cannesid
present subjunctive	cannwyf	cennych	canno	cannom	cannoch	cannont	canner
imperative	—	canna	canned	cannwn	cennwch, cannwch	cannent	canner
verbal noun	cannu
verbal adjectives	cannedig cannadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	canna i, cannaf i	canni di	cannith o/e/hi, canniff e/hi	cannwn ni	cannwch chi	cannan nhw
conditional	cannwn i, cannswn i	cannet ti, cannset ti	cannai fo/fe/hi, cannsai fo/fe/hi	cannen ni, cannsen ni	cannech chi, cannsech chi	cannen nhw, cannsen nhw
preterite	cannais i, cannes i	cannaist ti, cannest ti	cannodd o/e/hi	cannon ni	cannoch chi	cannon nhw
imperative	—	canna	—	—	cannwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• caniad (“act of bleaching”)
• cannydd (“bleach”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cannu	gannu	nghannu	channu
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), “cannu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies