cwnnu

Welsh

Etymology

From cychwyn

Verb

cwnnu (first-person singular present cwnnaf)

1. (intransitive) to arise, to ascend, to go up

   Synonyms: dyrchafu, esgyn, cychwyn, mynd i fyny, codi

2. (South Wales, transitive) to raise

   Synonym: codi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cwnnaf	cwnni	cwn	cwnnwn	cwnnwch	cwnnant	cwnnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cwnnwn	cwnnit	cwnnai	cwnnem	cwnnech	cwnnent	cwnnid
preterite	cwnnais	cwnnaist	cwnnodd	cwnasom	cwnasoch	cwnasant	cwnnwyd
pluperfect	cwnaswn	cwnasit	cwnasai	cwnasem	cwnasech	cwnasent	cwnasid, cwnesid
present subjunctive	cwnnwyf	cwnnych	cwnno	cwnnom	cwnnoch	cwnnont	cwnner
imperative	—	cwn, cwnna	cwnned	cwnnwn	cwnnwch	cwnnent	cwnner
verbal noun	cwnnu
verbal adjectives	cwnedig cwnadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cwnna i, cwnnaf i	cwnni di	cwnnith o/e/hi, cwnniff e/hi	cwnnwn ni	cwnnwch chi	cwnnan nhw
conditional	cwnnwn i, cwnswn i	cwnnet ti, cwnset ti	cwnnai fo/fe/hi, cwnsai fo/fe/hi	cwnnen ni, cwnsen ni	cwnnech chi, cwnsech chi	cwnnen nhw, cwnsen nhw
preterite	cwnnais i, cwnnes i	cwnnaist ti, cwnnest ti	cwnnodd o/e/hi	cwnnon ni	cwnnoch chi	cwnnon nhw
imperative	—	cwnna	—	—	cwnnwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• trosgynnol (“transcendental”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cwnnu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwnnu	gwnnu	nghwnnu	chwnnu

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