chwibanu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• chwiban, chwibianu

Etymology

Compare Middle Breton c’houibana.

Verb

chwibanu (first-person singular present chwibanaf, not mutable)

1. to whistle

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	chwibanaf	chwibani	chwiban, chwibana	chwibanwn	chwibanwch	chwibanant	chwibanir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	chwibanwn	chwibanit	chwibanai	chwibanem	chwibanech	chwibanent	chwibanid
preterite	chwibanais	chwibanaist	chwibanodd	chwibanasom	chwibanasoch	chwibanasant	chwibanwyd
pluperfect	chwibanaswn	chwibanasit	chwibanasai	chwibanasem	chwibanasech	chwibanasent	chwibanasid, chwibanesid
present subjunctive	chwibanwyf	chwibanych	chwibano	chwibanom	chwibanoch	chwibanont	chwibaner
imperative	—	chwiban, chwibana	chwibaned	chwibanwn	chwibanwch	chwibanent	chwibaner
verbal noun	chwibanu
verbal adjectives	chwibanedig chwibanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	chwibana i, chwibanaf i	chwibani di	chwibanith o/e/hi, chwibaniff e/hi	chwibanwn ni	chwibanwch chi	chwibanan nhw
conditional	chwibanwn i, chwibanswn i	chwibanet ti, chwibanset ti	chwibanai fo/fe/hi, chwibansai fo/fe/hi	chwibanen ni, chwibansen ni	chwibanech chi, chwibansech chi	chwibanen nhw, chwibansen nhw
preterite	chwibanais i, chwibanes i	chwibanaist ti, chwibanest ti	chwibanodd o/e/hi	chwibanon ni	chwibanoch chi	chwibanon nhw
imperative	—	chwibana	—	—	chwibanwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• chwiban m or f (“whistle”)
• chwibaniad m (“whistling”)
• chwibanog (“whistling”, adjective)
• chwibanwr m (“whistler”)

Further reading

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