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Tw trw, mon vieux!
here are a few more than swim into focus:
pwll = pool
drws = door
drwg = bad or naughty
drwm = drum
dwbl = double
gwrth = counter or contra
gwr = man (and interestingly gwrach = witch!)
lwc = luck
llwgr = corruption
dwl = dull, stupid
dwndwr = hubub, babble
dwthwn = day (tho around here we woud use dydd)
llwnc = gulp, swallow
dwrn = fist, handle, hilt
llwm = bare, destitute
mwrthwt = hammer
cwrw - BEER!
wydd = goose (I think this is a soft mutation of gwydd)
cwn = dog or dogs (depending on where in Wales)
cwl = cool, wicked (modern transliteration)
cwrwgl = coracle (traditional withy & skin fishing boat)
mwlwg = refuse, sweepings
mwng - mane (horse's)
pwt = short ('Gog' or North Welsh)
cwcw = cuckoo
cwpl = couple; tie-beam
cwmwl = cloud
cwt is one that I like since it has quite varied meanings depending on context: tail, skirt, queue, hut, sty - the common feature seems to be something as an appendage.
cwr = edge, border or skirt, whereas cwrs = course
mwrllwch = fog, mist, vapour (another Gog term, my kids said)
and one for Dr Bill (YCLIU!): cwthwm
if that's not more 'w' stuff than you ever wanted, try the name of my village, which as mentioned elsewhere appears on the nameboard in upper case like this:
EGLWYSWRW
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 09/30/01 04:48 PM Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? maverick 09/30/01 05:37 PM Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? wwh 09/30/01 06:19 PM Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? inselpeter 09/30/01 06:33 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 09/30/01 07:43 PM Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? maverick 10/01/01 12:54 PM FWIW AnnaStrophic 10/01/01 12:59 PM Re: W as vowel Faldage 10/01/01 01:05 PM Re: elated maverick 10/01/01 01:08 PM
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