yw

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

English

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) yw

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

See also

• ty

Anagrams

• WY, wy

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Middle English

Pronoun

yw

1. (Chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of yow

References

• “you, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪu̯/, /ɨ̞u̯/
• IPA^(key): /ɪu̯/

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.

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? ― Is this beer strong?

   A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? ― Is this beer strong?

   Beth yw hwn? ― What is this?

Synonyms

• ydy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂ (“yew”).

Noun

yw f (singulative ywen)

1. yew

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.

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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 (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

1. medicine
2. poison
3. medicinal herb

Verb

yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

1. to treat (an illness)