cusanu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cusan (“kiss”, noun) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɨ̞ˈsanɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪˈsaːni/, /kɪˈsani/
Verb
[edit]cusanu (first-person singular present cusanaf)
- (transitive) to kiss, touch lightly
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cusanaf | cuseni | cusan, cusana | cusanwn | cusenwch, cusanwch | cusanant | cusenir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cusanwn | cusanit | cusanai | cusanem | cusanech | cusanent | cusenid | |
| preterite | cusenais | cusenaist | cusanodd | cusanasom | cusanasoch | cusanasant | cusanwyd | |
| pluperfect | cusanaswn | cusanasit | cusanasai | cusanasem | cusanasech | cusanasent | cusanasid, cusanesid | |
| present subjunctive | cusanwyf | cusenych | cusano | cusanom | cusanoch | cusanont | cusaner | |
| imperative | — | cusan, cusana | cusaned | cusanwn | cusenwch, cusanwch | cusanent | cusaner | |
| verbal noun | cusanu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cusanedig cusanadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cusana i, cusanaf i | cusani di | cusanith o/e/hi, cusaniff e/hi | cusanwn ni | cusanwch chi | cusanan nhw |
| conditional | cusanwn i, cusanswn i | cusanet ti, cusanset ti | cusanai fo/fe/hi, cusansai fo/fe/hi | cusanen ni, cusansen ni | cusanech chi, cusansech chi | cusanen nhw, cusansen nhw |
| preterite | cusanais i, cusanes i | cusanaist ti, cusanest ti | cusanodd o/e/hi | cusanon ni | cusanoch chi | cusanon nhw |
| imperative | — | cusana | — | — | cusanwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms
[edit]- cusan m or f (“kiss”, noun)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| cusanu | gusanu | nghusanu | chusanu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cusanaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies