yw

See also: YW, yW, -yw, and -yw-

English

Phrase

yw

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of you're welcome.

Translations

abbreviation of you're welcome

• Esperanto: ndk, nd

See also

• ty

Anagrams

• WY, wy

Middle English

Pronoun

yw

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪu̯/, /ɨ̞u̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

yw

1. (South Wales, literary) third-person singular present of bod (used in identifications and interrogatives)

   Crys Sioned yw hwnna.

   That is Sioned’s shirt.

   Yw’r cwrw ’ma’n gryf? (colloquial)

   Is this beer strong?

   A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? (literary)

   Is this beer strong?

   Beth yw hwn?

   What is this?

Synonyms

• ydy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).

Noun

yw f pl (singulative ywen)

1. yews

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
yw	unchanged	unchanged	hyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /jɯ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: yw¹
• Hyphenation: yw

Noun

yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

1. medicine
2. poison

   Synonym: doeg

3. medicinal herb

Derived terms

• ywanhmenzyoz

 

Verb

yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

1. to treat (an illness)

   Synonym: (dialectal) ei