chwibanu

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • chwiban, chwibianu

Etymology

Compare Middle Breton c’houibana.

Verb

chwibanu (first-person singular present chwibanaf, not mutable)

  1. to whistle

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future chwibanaf chwibani chwiban, chwibana chwibanwn chwibanwch chwibanant chwibanir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
chwibanwn chwibanit chwibanai chwibanem chwibanech chwibanent chwibanid
preterite chwibanais chwibanaist chwibanodd chwibanasom chwibanasoch chwibanasant chwibanwyd
pluperfect chwibanaswn chwibanasit chwibanasai chwibanasem chwibanasech chwibanasent chwibanasid, chwibanesid
present subjunctive chwibanwyf chwibanych chwibano chwibanom chwibanoch chwibanont chwibaner
imperative chwiban, chwibana chwibaned chwibanwn chwibanwch chwibanent chwibaner
verbal noun chwibanu
verbal adjectives chwibanedig
chwibanadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future chwibana i,
chwibanaf i
chwibani di chwibanith o/e/hi,
chwibaniff e/hi
chwibanwn ni chwibanwch chi chwibanan nhw
conditional chwibanwn i,
chwibanswn i
chwibanet ti,
chwibanset ti
chwibanai fo/fe/hi,
chwibansai fo/fe/hi
chwibanen ni,
chwibansen ni
chwibanech chi,
chwibansech chi
chwibanen nhw,
chwibansen nhw
preterite chwibanais i,
chwibanes i
chwibanaist ti,
chwibanest ti
chwibanodd o/e/hi chwibanon ni chwibanoch chi chwibanon nhw
imperative chwibana chwibanwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • chwiban m or f (whistle)
  • chwibaniad m (whistling)
  • chwibanog (whistling, adjective)
  • chwibanwr m (whistler)

Further reading

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