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benyw.

woman

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɛnɨ̞u̯/North-Wales/ˈbeːnɪu̯/South-Wales/ˈbɛnɪu̯/South-Wales
  1. woman

    South-Wales · feminine
  2. female

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Nominalized adjective, perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *banuyos,masculine derived from Proto-Celtic *ban-, whence Welsh banon (“maiden queen”), Old Breton ban-doiuis (“goddess”), Old Irish ban-chú (“female dog”); akin to Cornish benow (“feminine, female”). Further related to Old Welsh ben (“woman”), from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Doublet of banw.

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