llanw

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Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”). See llawn.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬanʊ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬa(ː)nu/

Noun

llanw m (plural llanwau)

tide, flow, flood
filler, filling, padding, ballast

Derived terms

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

llanw (first-person singular present llanwaf)

(South Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of llenwi (“to fill, to fill up, to fill in”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llanw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llanw	lanw	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

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