cwlwm

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • clwm, cwlm

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish kolm, Breton koulm, skoulm.

Pronunciation

Noun

cwlwm m (plural clymau or cylymau)[1]

  1. knot
  2. (figuratively, between people) bond, tie
  3. node, knot (in wood)
  4. (astronomy, obsolete) node
    Synonym: nod

Derived terms

  • clymu (“to tie, to knot”)
  • cwlwm caredig (“true lover's knot”)
  • (both moth and plant) cwlwm cariad (“true lover's knot”)
  • cwlwm dolen (“slip knot”)
  • cwlwm gwlwm, cwlwm penglwn (“double knot”)
  • cwlwm gwynt (“flatulence”)
  • cwlwm gwythi (“cramp, spasm”)
  • cwlwm mamgu (“granny knot”)
  • cwlwm perfedd (“constricted bowel, appendicitis”)
  • cwlwm priodas (“bond of matrimony”)
  • cwlwm rhedeg (“running knot”)
  • cwlwm tair (“group of three small objects”)
  • cwlwm y coed, cwlwm y gwŷdd (“black bryony”)
  • cwlwm yr asgwrn (“dog's mercury”)
  • ynghlwm (“attached”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cwlwm
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwlwm gwlwm nghwlwm chwlwm

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

References

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