hafod
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From haf (“summer”) + bod (“dwelling, abode”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhavɔd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhaːvɔd/, /ˈhavɔd/
Noun[edit]
hafod m (plural hafodydd or hafodau, not mutable)
- summer dwelling (upland dwelling, where the family and livestock dwell over the summer before returning to the hendref in the valley)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- hendref (“winter abode”)
Derived terms[edit]
- hafota (“to live in a summer abode”)
Related terms[edit]
- hendrefa (“to live in a winter abode”)
- trawstrefa (“to practise transhumance”)
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hafod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies