gwymona
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gwymon (“seaweed”) + -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨ̞ˈmɔna/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡʊi̯ˈmoːna/, /ɡʊi̯ˈmɔna/, /ɡwɪˈmoːna/, /ɡwɪˈmɔna/
- Rhymes: -ɔna
Verb
[edit]gwymona (first-person singular present gwymonaf)
- to gather seaweed (usually as fertilizer)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gwymonaf | gwymoni | gwymona | gwymonwn | gwymonwch | gwymonant | gwymonir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gwymonwn | gwymonit | gwymonai | gwymonem | gwymonech | gwymonent | gwymonid | |
| preterite | gwymonais | gwymonaist | gwymonodd | gwymonasom | gwymonasoch | gwymonasant | gwymonwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwymonaswn | gwymonasit | gwymonasai | gwymonasem | gwymonasech | gwymonasent | gwymonasid, gwymonesid | |
| present subjunctive | gwymonwyf | gwymonych | gwymono | gwymonom | gwymonoch | gwymonont | gwymoner | |
| imperative | — | gwymona | gwymoned | gwymonwn | gwymonwch | gwymonent | gwymoner | |
| verbal noun | gwymona | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gwymonedig gwymonadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwymona i, gwymonaf i | gwymoni di | gwymonith o/e/hi, gwymoniff e/hi | gwymonwn ni | gwymonwch chi | gwymonan nhw |
| conditional | gwymonwn i, gwymonswn i | gwymonet ti, gwymonset ti | gwymonai fo/fe/hi, gwymonsai fo/fe/hi | gwymonen ni, gwymonsen ni | gwymonech chi, gwymonsech chi | gwymonen nhw, gwymonsen nhw |
| preterite | gwymonais i, gwymones i | gwymonaist ti, gwymonest ti | gwymonodd o/e/hi | gwymonon ni | gwymonoch chi | gwymonon nhw |
| imperative | — | gwymona | — | — | gwymonwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gwymona | wymona | ngwymona | 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), “gwymona”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies