cawna

Welsh

Etymology

From cawn (“reeds”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯na/
• Rhymes: -au̯na

Verb

cawna (first-person singular present cawnaf)

1. to gather reeds or stalks

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cawnaf	cawni	cawna	cawnwn	cawnwch	cawnant	cawnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cawnwn	cawnit	cawnai	cawnem	cawnech	cawnent	cawnid
preterite	cawnais	cawnaist	cawnodd	cawnasom	cawnasoch	cawnasant	cawnwyd
pluperfect	cawnaswn	cawnasit	cawnasai	cawnasem	cawnasech	cawnasent	cawnasid, cawnesid
present subjunctive	cawnwyf	cawnych	cawno	cawnom	cawnoch	cawnont	cawner
imperative	—	cawna	cawned	cawnwn	cawnwch	cawnent	cawner
verbal noun	cawna
verbal adjectives	cawnedig cawnadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cawna i, cawnaf i	cawni di	cawnith o/e/hi, cawniff e/hi	cawnwn ni	cawnwch chi	cawnan nhw
conditional	cawnwn i, cawnswn i	cawnet ti, cawnset ti	cawnai fo/fe/hi, cawnsai fo/fe/hi	cawnen ni, cawnsen ni	cawnech chi, cawnsech chi	cawnen nhw, cawnsen nhw
preterite	cawnais i, cawnes i	cawnaist ti, cawnest ti	cawnodd o/e/hi	cawnon ni	cawnoch chi	cawnon nhw
imperative	—	cawna	—	—	cawnwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cawna

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cawna	gawna	nghawna	chawna

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

Further reading

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