dwylaw

Welsh

Etymology

Univerbation of dwy law (“two hands”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊɨ̯lau̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊi̯lau̯/

Noun

dwylaw f pl

1. literary form of dwylo (“hands”).

Quotations

• 1920, Robert Griffith, “Prawfion (Ordeals)”, in Chwedl a Hanes o Ynys y Merthyron [History and Stories from the Island of Martyrs], London: Cymdeithas Gynhadol Llundain, page 33:

  Mentrodd rhai o'r bobl ar y lan guro dwylaw […]

  Some of the people on the shore started clapping their hands […]

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dwylaw	ddwylaw	nwylaw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.