llus America
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Welsh
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Etymology
[edit]Literally “American bilberries”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɬɨːs aˈmɛrɪka/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɬiːs aˈmɛrɪka/
Noun
[edit]llus America f (collective, singulative llusen America)
- blueberries, cowberries, huckleberries (American species of genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia)[1]
- especially commercial blueberries (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus)[2]
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llus America | lus America | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[2] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN[3]