yw

See also: YW, yW, -yw, and -yw-

English

Phrase

yw

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of you're welcome.
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Translations

abbreviation of you're welcome

Esperanto: ndk, nd
Ukrainian: бдлск (bdlsk)

Anagrams

WY, wy

Middle English

Pronoun

yw

(chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪu̯/, /ɨ̞u̯/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪu̯/
Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

yw

(South Wales, literary) third-person singular present of bod (used in identifications and interrogatives)
Crys Sioned yw hwnna.
That is Sioned’s shirt.

Yw’r cwrw ’ma’n gryf? (colloquial)
Is this beer strong?

A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? (literary)
Is this beer strong?

Beth yw hwn?
What is this?

Synonyms

ydy

Etymology 2

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

ywen

Wikipedia ^cy

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).^[1]

Noun

yw f (collective, singulative ywen)

yew trees, coniferous trees of genus Taxus, especially common or English yew trees (Taxus baccata)^[2]

Derived terms

meryw (“juniper”)
trwmped dail ywen (“yew club mushroom, Clavicorona taxophila”)

Noun

yw m (collective, singulative ywyn)^[3]

(carpentry) yew wood

Mutation

Mutated forms of yw
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
yw	unchanged	unchanged	hyw

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), “yw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎^[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 7‎^[2]
^ Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /jɯ˨˦/
Tone numbers: yw¹
Hyphenation: yw

Noun

yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

Derived terms

ywanhmenzyoz

Verb

yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

to treat (an illness)
Synonym: (dialectal) ei

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

[2] Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎^[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 7‎^[2]

[3] Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

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