mygu

Welsh

Etymology

From mwg (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈməɡɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈməɡi/

Verb

mygu (first-person singular present mygaf)

1. to smoke, to produce smoke
2. to smoke, to cure food
3. to fumigate, to smoke out (e.g. bees from a hive)
4. to burn (incense etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mygaf	mygi	myga, myga	mygwn	mygwch	mygant	mygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mygwn	mygit	mygai	mygem	mygech	mygent	mygid
preterite	mygais	mygaist	mygodd	mygasom	mygasoch	mygasant	mygwyd
pluperfect	mygaswn	mygasit	mygasai	mygasem	mygasech	mygasent	mygasid, mygesid
present subjunctive	mygwyf	mygych	mygo	mygom	mygoch	mygont	myger
imperative	—	myga, myga	myged	mygwn	mygwch	mygent	myger
verbal noun	mygu
verbal adjectives	mygedig mygadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	myga i, mygaf i	mygi di	mygith o/e/hi, mygiff e/hi	mygwn ni	mygwch chi	mygan nhw
conditional	mygwn i, mygswn i	myget ti, mygset ti	mygai fo/fe/hi, mygsai fo/fe/hi	mygen ni, mygsen ni	mygech chi, mygsech chi	mygen nhw, mygsen nhw
preterite	mygais i, myges i	mygaist ti, mygest ti	mygodd o/e/hi	mygon ni	mygoch chi	mygon nhw
imperative	—	myga	—	—	mygwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• ysmygu (“to smoke tobacco”)
• cochi (“to smoke fish”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mygu	fygu	unchanged	unchanged
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), “mygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies