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menyn.

butter

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɛnɨ̞n/North-Wales/ˈmeːnɪn/South-Wales/ˈmɛnɪn/South-Wales

  1. butter

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Apheretic variant of now formal ymenyn, Middle Welsh ymenyn, from Proto-Celtic *amban (compare Cornish amanyn, Breton amann, Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Alemannic German Anke).

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