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Welsh
Etymology
From mi (“I, me”) + mi (“I, me”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /məˈviː/
Usage notes
Although not always obvious from the spelling, emphatic pronouns such as this are always stressed on the final syllable.
Pronoun
myfi
- I, me (Emphatic form of fi (“I, me”), used especially in contrastive contexts.)
- 1620, William Morgan, Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Ioan 6:35:
A’r Iesu a ddywedodd wrthynt, Myfi yw bara’r bywyd. Yr hwn sydd yn dyfod ataf fi, ni newyna; a’r hwn sydd yn credu ynof fi, ni sycheda un amser.- And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
2020 August 17, BBC Cymru Fyw:Petai'r parti 'di cymryd lle, fe fyddwn wedi gofyn i Andy Jones, sy'n gweithio yn siop recordiau Spillers ac sy'n dipyn o DJ yn ei amser sbâr i gymryd yr awenau efo'r miwsig gan fod ganddo chwaeth go eang ac mae'n hoff o reggae fel myfi.- If the party had taken place, I would have asked Andy Jones, who works in Spillers record shop and who is a bit of a DJ in his spare time to take the reins with the music since he has quite wide-ranging tastes and he likes reggae like me.
- ego, self
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “myfi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies