malwota

Welsh

Etymology

From malwod (“snails; slugs”) +‎ -a. Cognate with Cornish melhwessa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈwɔta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta

Verb

malwota (first-person singular present malwotaf)

1. to gather snails or slugs

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	malwotaf	malwoti	malwota	malwotwn	malwotwch	malwotant	malwotir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	malwotwn	malwotit	malwotai	malwotem	malwotech	malwotent	malwotid
preterite	malwotais	malwotaist	malwotodd	malwotasom	malwotasoch	malwotasant	malwotwyd
pluperfect	malwotaswn	malwotasit	malwotasai	malwotasem	malwotasech	malwotasent	malwotasid, malwotesid
present subjunctive	malwotwyf	malwotych	malwoto	malwotom	malwotoch	malwotont	malwoter
imperative	—	malwota	malwoted	malwotwn	malwotwch	malwotent	malwoter
verbal noun	malwota
verbal adjectives	malwotedig malwotadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	malwota i, malwotaf i	malwoti di	malwotith o/e/hi, malwotiff e/hi	malwotwn ni	malwotwch chi	malwotan nhw
conditional	malwotwn i, malwotswn i	malwotet ti, malwotset ti	malwotai fo/fe/hi, malwotsai fo/fe/hi	malwoten ni, malwotsen ni	malwotech chi, malwotsech chi	malwoten nhw, malwotsen nhw
preterite	malwotais i, malwotes i	malwotaist ti, malwotest ti	malwotodd o/e/hi	malwoton ni	malwotoch chi	malwoton nhw
imperative	—	malwota	—	—	malwotwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of malwota

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
malwota	falwota	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

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