llanw
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”). See llawn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬanʊ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬa(ː)nu/
Noun
[edit]llanw m (plural llanwau)
Derived terms
[edit]- amrediad llanw (“tidal range”)
- athro llanw (“supply teacher”)
- eger llanw (“tidal bore”)
- egni llanw (“tidal energy”)
- gorlanw (“high tide”)
- lagŵn llanw (“tidal lagoon”)
- llanw a thrai (“ebb and flow”)
- llanw bach (“neap tide”)
- llanw mawr (“spring tide”)
- llanw terfol (“rip tide”)
- llanw uchel (“high tide”)
- llenwi (“fill, fill up”, verb)
- penllanw (“high tide”)
- ton llanw (“tidal wave”)
- ymchwydd yn y llanw (“tidal surge”)
Verb
[edit]llanw (first-person singular present llanwaf)
- (South Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of llenwi (“to fill, to fill up, to fill in”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
llanw | lanw | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llanw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies