pwmp

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʊmp

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pump.

Noun

pwmp m (plural pympiau or pympau or pwmpau)

  1. pump
    Synonym: plwmp
Derived terms
  • pwmp awyr (“air pump”)
  • pwmpio (“to pump”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bump (compare bumper harvest) with initial devoicing in the same manner as pledren (“bladder”) and plocyn (“block”).

Noun

pwmp m (diminutive pwmpyn)

  1. mass, lump
    Synonyms: talp, clamp

Etymology 3

Variant of bwm(p) (“boom”).

Noun

pwmp m

  1. word
    Synonym: gair

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English bump (“blow, thump”) with initial devoicing in the same manner as pledren (“bladder”) and plocyn (“block”).

Noun

pwmp m

  1. bump, blow
    Synonym: ergyd

Mutation

Mutated forms of pwmp
radical soft nasal aspirate
pwmp bwmp mhwmp phwmp

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), “pump”, 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), “pwmp”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “pwmp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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