bowlio

Welsh

Etymology

From English bowl +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔu̯ljɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔu̯ljɔ

Verb

bowlio (first-person singular present bowliaf)

1. to bowl (in cricket, etc.)
2. to play bowls, roll (a bowl, etc.) along the ground
3. to roll, trundle, push (something) on wheels

Conjugation

• bowlio deg (“tenpin bowling”)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bowliaf	bowli	bowlia	bowliwn	bowliwch	bowliant	bowlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	bowliwn	bowlit	bowliai	bowliem	bowliech	bowlient	bowlid
preterite	bowliais	bowliaist	bowliodd	bowliasom	bowliasoch	bowliasant	bowliwyd
pluperfect	bowliaswn	bowliasit	bowliasai	bowliasem	bowliasech	bowliasent	bowliasid, bowliesid
present subjunctive	bowliwyf	bowliech	bowlio	bowliom	bowlioch	bowliont	bowlier
imperative	—	bowlia	bowlied	bowliwn	bowliwch	bowlient	bowlier
verbal noun	bowlio
verbal adjectives	bowliedig bowliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bowlia i, bowliaf i	bowli di	bowlith o/e/hi, bowliff e/hi	bowliwn ni	bowliwch chi	bowlian nhw
conditional	bowliwn i, bowlswn i	bowliet ti, bowlset ti	bowliai fo/fe/hi, bowlsai fo/fe/hi	bowlien ni, bowlsen ni	bowliech chi, bowlsech chi	bowlien nhw, bowlsen nhw
preterite	bowliais i, bowlies i	bowliaist ti, bowliest ti	bowliodd o/e/hi	bowlion ni	bowlioch chi	bowlion nhw
imperative	—	bowlia	—	—	bowliwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bowlio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bowlio	fowlio	mowlio	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bowlio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies