Ynys Manaw
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ynys (“island”) and a descendant of Proto-Brythonic *manawiā or *manawā.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌənɨ̞s ˈmanau̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌənɪs ˈmaːnau̯/, /ˌənɪs ˈmanau̯/
Proper noun
[edit]- Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Derived terms
[edit]- Manaweg (“Manx Gaelic”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
Ynys Manaw | unchanged | unchanged | Hynys Manaw |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Kenneth Jackson, Language and history in early Britain (Dublin: Four Courts, 1994), 376.