bwyta
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bwyd (“food”) + -ha (forming verbs)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɨ̯ta/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəta/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈbʊi̯ta/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbɪta/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ta
Verb
[edit]bwyta (first-person singular present bwytâf)
- to eat
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | bwytâf | bwytei | bwyty | bwytawn | bwytewch | bwytânt | bwyteir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | bwytawn | bwytait | bwytâi | bwytaem | bwytaech | bwytaent | bwyteid | |
preterite | bwyteais | bwyteaist | bwytaodd | bwytasom | bwytasoch | bwytasant | bwytawyd | |
pluperfect | bwytaswn | bwytasit | bwytasai | bwytasem | bwytasech | bwytasent | bwytasid, bwytesid | |
present subjunctive | bwytawyf | bwyteych | bwytao | bwytaom | bwytaoch | bwytaont | bwytaer | |
imperative | — | bwytâ | bwytaed | bwytawn | bwytewch | bwytaent | bwytaer | |
verbal noun | bwyta | |||||||
verbal adjectives | bwytaedig, bwytaëdig bwytadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | bwyta i, bwytaf i | bwyti di | bwytith o/e/hi, bwytiff e/hi | bwytwn ni | bwytwch chi | bwytan nhw |
conditional | bwytwn i, bwytswn i | bwytet ti, bwytset ti | bwytai fo/fe/hi, bwytsai fo/fe/hi | bwyten ni, bwytsen ni | bwytech chi, bwytsech chi | bwyten nhw, bwytsen nhw |
preterite | bwytais i, bwytes i | bwytaist ti, bwytest ti | bwytodd o/e/hi | bwyton ni | bwytoch chi | bwyton nhw |
imperative | — | bwyta | — | — | bwytwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- bwrdd bwyta (“dining table”)
- bwytadwy (“edible”)
- bwytäwr (“eater”)
- ystafell fwyta (“dining room”)
Related terms
[edit]- bwydo (“to feed”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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bwyta | fwyta | mwyta | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bwyta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies