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pwy.

who

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

pron/puːɨ̯/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/pʊ/North-Wales, colloquial/pʊi̯/South-Wales

  1. who

    interrogative · masculine
    Pwy yw e?
    Pwy sy'n siarad?
Where this word comes from

From Old Welsh pui, from Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, (compare Breton piv, Cornish piw, Old Irish cía), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

det/puːɨ̯/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/pʊ/North-Wales, colloquial/pʊi̯/South-Wales

  1. (colloquial) which

    South-Wales
    Pwy un yw e?

  2. (colloquial) a certain, the other

    South-Wales
    Weles i fe pwy ddiwrnod.
Where this word comes from

From Old Welsh pui, from Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, (compare Breton piv, Cornish piw, Old Irish cía), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

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