chwilio

Welsh

Etymology

chwŷl (turn, revolution, with i-mutation) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪljɔ/, /ˈwɪljɔ/, /ˈʍɪlɔ/, /ˈwɪlɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪljɔ

Verb

chwilio (first-person singular present chwiliaf, not mutable)

  1. to search, look for (+ am (for))
  2. to examine
  3. (computing) to find

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future chwilia i,
chwiliaf i
chwili di chwilith o/e/hi,
chwiliff e/hi
chwiliwn ni chwiliwch chi chwilian nhw
conditional chwiliwn i,
chwiliswn i
chwiliet ti,
chwiliset ti
chwiliai fo/fe/hi,
chwilisai fo/fe/hi
chwilien ni,
chwilisen ni
chwiliech chi,
chwilisech chi
chwilien nhw,
chwilisen nhw
preterite chwiliais i,
chwilies i
chwiliaist ti,
chwiliest ti
chwiliodd o/e/hi chwilion ni chwilioch chi chwilion nhw
imperative chwilia chwiliwch

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131