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chwilen.

beetle (Coleoptera)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈχwɪlɛn/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈχwɪlan/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈχwiːlɛn/South-Wales/ˈχwɪlɛn/South-Wales

  1. beetle (Coleoptera)

    feminine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc. Compare Breton c'hwil, Cornish hwil.

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