llanw

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”). See llawn.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬanʊ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬa(ː)nu/

Noun

llanw m (plural llanwau)

1. tide, flow, flood
2. filler, filling, padding, ballast

Derived terms

• amrediad llanw (“tidal range”)
• athro llanw (“supply teacher”)
• eger llanw (“tidal bore”)
• egni llanw (“tidal energy”)
• gorlanw (“high tide”)
• lagŵn llanw (“tidal lagoon”)
• llanw a thrai (“ebb and flow”)
• llanw bach (“neap tide”)
• llanw mawr (“spring tide”)
• llanw terfol (“rip tide”)
• llanw uchel (“high tide”)
• llenwi (“fill, fill up”, verb)
• penllanw (“high tide”)
• ton llanw (“tidal wave”)
• ymchwydd yn y llanw (“tidal surge”)

 

Verb

llanw (first-person singular present llanwaf)

1. (South Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of llenwi (“to fill, to fill up, to fill in”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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