jac codi baw

Welsh

Etymology

From jac (“jack”) + codi (“to lift”) + baw (“dirt”), literally, “jack that lifts dirt”; a phono-semantic matching of English JCB.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌdʒak ˌkɔdɪ ˈbau̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌdʒak ˌkoːdi ˈbau̯/, /ˌdʒak ˌkɔdi ˈbau̯/

Noun

jac codi baw m (plural jaciau codi baw, not mutable)

  1. (machinery) JCB, mechanical excavator
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