telori

Welsh

Etymology

From telor (“warbler”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tɛˈlɔrɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tɛˈloːri/, /tɛˈlɔri/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɪ

Verb

telori (first-person singular present esgoraf)

1. to warble

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	teloraf	telori	telor, telora	telorwn	telorwch	telorant	telorir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	telorwn	telorit	telorai	telorem	telorech	telorent	telorid
preterite	telorais	teloraist	telorodd	telorasom	telorasoch	telorasant	telorwyd
pluperfect	teloraswn	telorasit	telorasai	telorasem	telorasech	telorasent	telorasid, teloresid
present subjunctive	telorwyf	telorych	teloro	telorom	teloroch	teloront	telorer
imperative	—	telor, telora	telored	telorwn	telorwch	telorent	telorer
verbal noun	telori
verbal adjectives	teloredig teloradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	telora i, teloraf i	telori di	telorith o/e/hi, teloriff e/hi	telorwn ni	telorwch chi	teloran nhw
conditional	telorwn i, telorswn i	teloret ti, telorset ti	telorai fo/fe/hi, telorsai fo/fe/hi	teloren ni, telorsen ni	telorech chi, telorsech chi	teloren nhw, telorsen nhw
preterite	telorais i, telores i	teloraist ti, telorest ti	telorodd o/e/hi	teloron ni	teloroch chi	teloron nhw
imperative	—	telora	—	—	telorwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• telorog (“warbling”, adj)
• telorydd (“pipit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of telori

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
telori	delori	nhelori	thelori

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), “telori”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies