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lliw.

colour

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɬɪu̯/
  1. colour

    masculine
  2. paint, dye, colouring

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).

noun/ɬɪu̯/
  1. information regarding a crime

    masculine
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