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chwaer.

sister, half-sister

6 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/χwaːɨ̯r/North-Wales/χwai̯r/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/ʍai̯r/South-Wales, colloquial/wai̯r/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. sister, half-sister

    feminine · not-mutable
  2. sister, half-sister female mate, partner

    feminine · figuratively · not-mutable
  3. maiden, sweetheart, mistress

    feminine · not-mutable
  4. female fellow member of church, society, etc.; nun, sister

    feminine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *hwoɨr (compare Breton c'hoar), from Proto-Celtic *swesūr (compare Old Irish siur), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

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