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tenau.

thin, slender

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈtɛnaɨ̯/North-Wales, standard/ˈtɛnɛ/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈtɛna/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈteːnai̯/South-Wales, standard

  1. thin, slender

  2. thin, watery

  3. scarce, rare

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (compare Old Irish tanae), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).

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