cloron

Welsh

Etymology

From clôr (“truffles, earthnuts, pignuts”) +‎ -on, under the influence of such words as moron (“carrots”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔrɔn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkloːrɔn/, /ˈklɔrɔn/
Rhymes: -ɔrɔn

Noun

cloron f (collective, singulative cloronen or cloren)

tuber
(obsolete) potato
Synonyms: tato, tatws

Derived terms

cloron Ffrengig (“black truffles, Tuber melanosporum”)
cloron y moch (“summer truffles, Tuber aestivum”)

Related terms

clora (“to hunt for truffles”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cloron*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cloron	gloron	nghloron	chloron

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