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newyn.

hunger, starvation

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnɛu̯.ɨ̞n/North-Wales/ˈnɛu̯.ɪn/South-Wales
  1. hunger, starvation

    masculine · not-mutable · uncountable
  2. famine

    countable · masculine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish nauna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”).

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