Manaw
Welsh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *manawiā or *manawā.[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmanau̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmaːnau̯/, /ˈmanau̯/
Proper noun
Manaw f
- Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Derived terms
- adar drycin Manaw (“Manx shearwaters”)
- Manawaidd (“Manx”, adjective)
- Manaweg (“Manx language”)
- mintys Manaw (“costmary”)
- Ynys Manaw (“Isle of Man”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manaw | Fanaw | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Kenneth Jackson, Language and history in early Britain (Dublin: Four Courts, 1994), 376.