cwnnu

Welsh

Etymology

From cychwyn

Verb

cwnnu (first-person singular present cwnnaf)

  1. (intransitive) to arise, to ascend, to go up
    Synonyms: dyrchafu, esgyn, cychwyn, mynd i fyny, codi
  2. (South Wales, transitive) to raise
    Synonym: codi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cwnnaf cwnni cwn cwnnwn cwnnwch cwnnant cwnnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
cwnnwn cwnnit cwnnai cwnnem cwnnech cwnnent cwnnid
preterite cwnnais cwnnaist cwnnodd cwnasom cwnasoch cwnasant cwnnwyd
pluperfect cwnaswn cwnasit cwnasai cwnasem cwnasech cwnasent cwnasid, cwnesid
present subjunctive cwnnwyf cwnnych cwnno cwnnom cwnnoch cwnnont cwnner
imperative cwn, cwnna cwnned cwnnwn cwnnwch cwnnent cwnner
verbal noun cwnnu
verbal adjectives cwnedig
cwnadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future cwnna i,
cwnnaf i
cwnni di cwnnith o/e/hi,
cwnniff e/hi
cwnnwn ni cwnnwch chi cwnnan nhw
conditional cwnnwn i,
cwnswn i
cwnnet ti,
cwnset ti
cwnnai fo/fe/hi,
cwnsai fo/fe/hi
cwnnen ni,
cwnsen ni
cwnnech chi,
cwnsech chi
cwnnen nhw,
cwnsen nhw
preterite cwnnais i,
cwnnes i
cwnnaist ti,
cwnnest ti
cwnnodd o/e/hi cwnnon ni cwnnoch chi cwnnon nhw
imperative cwnna cwnnwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cwnnu
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwnnu gwnnu nghwnnu chwnnu

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