hunanynysu

Welsh

FWOTD – 27 December 2020

Etymology

From hunan- (“self”) +‎ ynysu (“isolate”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌhɨnanəˈnəsɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌhiːnanəˈnəsi/, /ˌhɪnanəˈnəsi/

Verb

hunanynysu (first-person singular present hunanynysaf, not mutable)

1. to self-isolate
   • 2020 March 18, Busnes Cymru‎^[1]:

     Bydd y canllawiau newydd dal yn gofyn i unigolion hunanynysu am 7 diwrnod o ddechrau symptomau COVID-19 ond nawr byddan nhw hefyd yn gofyn i bob unigolyn yn y tŷ hunanynysu am 14 diwrnod o’r foment honno.

     The new guidelines still ask individuals to self-isolate for 7 days from the start of COVID-19 symptoms but now they will require every individual in the house to self-isolate for 14 days from that point.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hunanynysaf	hunanynysi	hunanynysa	hunanynyswn	hunanynyswch	hunanynysant	hunanynysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hunanynyswn	hunanynysit	hunanynysai	hunanynysem	hunanynysech	hunanynysent	hunanynysid
preterite	hunanynysais	hunanynysaist	hunanynysodd	hunanynysasom	hunanynysasoch	hunanynysasant	hunanynyswyd
pluperfect	hunanynysaswn	hunanynysasit	hunanynysasai	hunanynysasem	hunanynysasech	hunanynysasent	hunanynysasid, hunanynysesid
present subjunctive	hunanynyswyf	hunanynysych	hunanynyso	hunanynysom	hunanynysoch	hunanynysont	hunanynyser
imperative	—	hunanynysa	hunanynysed	hunanynyswn	hunanynyswch	hunanynysent	hunanynyser
verbal noun	hunanynysu
verbal adjectives	hunanynysedig hunanynysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hunanynysa i, hunanynysaf i	hunanynysi di	hunanynysith o/e/hi, hunanynysiff e/hi	hunanynyswn ni	hunanynyswch chi	hunanynysan nhw
conditional	hunanynyswn i	hunanynyset ti	hunanynysai fo/fe/hi	hunanynysen ni	hunanynysech chi	hunanynysen nhw
preterite	hunanynysais i, hunanynyses i	hunanynysaist ti, hunanynysest ti	hunanynysodd o/e/hi	hunanynyson ni	hunanynysoch chi	hunanynyson nhw
imperative	—	hunanynysa	—	—	hunanynyswch	—

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

Further reading

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