gweus

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *webussu (compare Breton gweuz, Welsh gwefus), compound of *we- and Proto-Celtic *bussu (“lip”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bus, Old Irish busóc (“kiss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bus- (“to kiss”) (compare Latin bāsium (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti, Albanian buzë (“mouth”), Persian (bôsidan, “to kiss”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gweus f (dual diwweus, plural gweusyow)

lip

Mutation

Mutation of gweus

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gweus	weus	unchanged	kweus	hweus	weus

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