gwân

See also: gwan, gwa·n, g'wan, and -gwan

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaːn/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English guan.

Noun

gwân m (plural gwanod)

guan (any bird of genera Penelope or Aburria)

Derived terms

gwân adeinwyn (“white-winged guan”)
gwân arianglust (“band-tailed guan”)
gwân barfog (“bearded guan”)
gwân Baudo (“Baudo guan”)
gwân Cauca (“Cauca guan”)
gwân coesau tywyll (“ dusky-legged guan”)
gwân corniog (“horned guan”)
gwân cribog (“crested guan”)
gwân cribwyn (“white-crested guan”)
gwân crymanadain (“sickle-winged guan”)
gwân du (“black guan”)
gwân gyddfgoch (“red-throated piping guan”)
gwân gyddflas (“blue-throated piping guan”)
gwân Marail (“Marail guan”)
gwân Spix (“Spix's guan”)
gwân tagellog (“wattled guan”)
gwân talcenddu (“black-fronted piping guan”)
gwân talcenwyn (“white-browed guan”)
gwân torfrown (“brown-bellied guan”)
gwân torwinau (“chestnut-bellied guan”)
gwân ucheldir (“highland guan”)
gwân wynepgoch (“red-faced guan”)
gwân yr Andes (“Andean guan”)

Etymology 2

Verb

gwân (first-person singular present gwanaf)

alternative form of gwanu (“to stick in/out, to skedaddle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gwân*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwân	wân	ngwân	unchanged

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

Further reading

Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “guan”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwân”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwân”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies