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llaw.

hand

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɬaːu̯/North-Wales/ɬau̯/South-Wales
  1. hand

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Welsh lau, from Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (whence Irish lámh (“hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Cognate with English palm, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm; hand”), Latin palma (“palm; hand”). Plural is literally dwy law (“two hands”), but is also used to refer to three or more hands.

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