croenliw

Welsh

Etymology

croen (“skin”) +‎ lliw (“color”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

croenliw (feminine singular croenliw, plural croenliw, not comparable)

  1. of colour (non-white)

Usage notes

A new term coined as an umbrella adjective for all people except those solely of European heritage, to correspond to the modern use of the term of colour in English.

Derived terms

  • dyn croenliw (“man of colour”)
  • menyw groenliw (“woman of colour”)
  • pobl groenliw (“people of colour”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croenliw
radical soft nasal aspirate
croenliw groenliw nghroenliw chroenliw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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