croenliw
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
croen (“skin”) + lliw (“color”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkrɔɨ̯nlɪu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkrɔi̯nlɪu̯/
Adjective[edit]
croenliw (feminine singular croenliw, plural croenliw, not comparable)
- of colour (non-white)
Usage notes[edit]
A new term coined as an umbrella adjective for all people except those solely of European heritage, to correspond to the modern use of the term of colour in English.
Derived terms[edit]
- dyn croenliw (“man of colour”)
- menyw groenliw (“woman of colour”)
- pobl groenliw (“people of colour”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| croenliw | groenliw | nghroenliw | chroenliw |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||