cnau
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *know, from Proto-Celtic *knūs. Compare English nut, Latin nux.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /knaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /knai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Noun
[edit]cnau f (collective, singulative cneuen)
Derived terms
[edit]- cnau adeiniog (“wingnuts (fruit)”)
- cnau almond, cnau Groegaidd (“almonds”)
- cnau castan, cnau castanwydd, cnau gardd (“chestnuts”)
- cnau ceffyllau, cnau cyffylog, (North Wales) cnau coblo (“horse chestnuts, conkers”)
- cnau coco (“cocoa nuts”)
- cnau codog, cnau aur onnenddail (“bladdernuts”)
- cnau cyll, cnau collen, cnau barfog, cnau bychain, cnau'r Ysbaen (“hazelnuts”)
- cnau dŵr (“water chesnuts”)
- cnau ffawydd (“beech mast”)
- cnau Ffrengig (“walnuts”)
- cnau gweigion (“idle pursuit”, literally “empty nuts”)
- cnau mwnci (“monkeynuts”)
- cnau pecan (“pecan nuts”)
- cnau pistasio (“pistachio nuts”)
- cnau'r ddaear, cnau'r moch (“pignuts, earthnuts”)
- cnau'r forddwydydd (“pope's eyes (glands)”)
- cnau'r India, cnau pen, cnau'r màs (“nutmegs”)
- cneua (“to gather nuts”)
- delor cnau (“nuthatch”)
- gefail cnau, melin gnau (“nutcracker (tool)”)
- gwyfyn cnau stôr (“stored nut moth”)
- hoelen cnau (“nut disco fungus”)
- malwr cnau, aderyn y cnau, brân y cnau (“nutcracker (bird)”)
- mor iach â’r gneuen, cyn iached â’r gneuen (“fit as a fiddle”, literally “healthy as a nut”)
- (obsolete) cnau peatus (“peaches”)
- pren cnau (“hazel tree”)
- tegyll brau blas cnau (“nutty brittlegill”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cnau | gnau | nghnau | chnau |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cnau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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- Rhymes:Welsh/aɨ̯
- Rhymes:Welsh/aɨ̯/1 syllable
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