mwnt

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊnt/

Noun

mwnt m (uncountable)

1. mound
2. motte
3. 100,000, or a billion
   • 1803, William Owen Pughe, A Dictionary of the Welsh Language explained in English, page 136:

     The number 100,000 is also called milcant; and in ancient numeration, mwnt, catyrva, and rhiallu: so a million used to be called mynta, buna, and catyrva vawr

   • 1862, Iolo Morganwg ed. John Williams (Ab Ithel), The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg Vol. I.‎^[1], →ISBN, page 109:
     • [also quoted in:] 1871, James Kenward (called Elfynydd), Ab Ithel: An Account of the Life and Writings of John Williams Ab Ithel, page 210

       Ten ones are ten, ten tens are a hundred, ten hundreds are a thousand, ten hundred thousands are a myriad, a myriad myriads are a million, a million millions are a mwnt, a mwnt mwnts are a rhiallu, a rhiallu rhiallus are a buna, a buna bunas are a tyrva, a tyrva tyrvas are a cattyrva, a cattyrva cattyrvas are a cadrawd, a cadrawd cadrawds are the number of lives from Annwn to Gwynvyd

Derived terms

• mwnt a beili
• mwnt Gwener

Mutation

Mutated forms of mwnt

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwnt	fwnt	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

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