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piau.

own, possess

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpiː.aɨ̯/North-Wales, standard/ˈpiː.ɛ/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈpiː.a/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈpiː.ai̯/South-Wales, standard

  1. own, possess

    defective · invariable
    y dyn biau castell anferth
    Pwy sy biau’r llyfr ’ma?
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh pieu, from Old Welsh *piou (attested in piouboi), from *pi- (oblique case of pui (“who”)) and -wy, variant of yw (form of bod); compare Middle Cornish pew and Middle Breton bi(a)ou.

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