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gwasgu.

to press, to squeeze

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡwasɡɨ̞/North-Wales[ˈɡwaskɨ̞]North-Wales/ˈɡwasɡi/South-Wales[ˈɡwaski]South-Wales
  1. to press, to squeeze

    ambitransitive
  2. to compress

    transitive
  3. to bind, to tie

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gwascu, from Proto-Brythonic *gwöskɨd, from Proto-Celtic *wādsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰh₁- (“to push”). Cognate with Breton gwaskañ, Cornish gwaska, and Irish fáisc. Synchronically derivable as gwasg (“pressure”) + -u.

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