hafota

Welsh

Etymology

From hafod (summer dwelling) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈvɔta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta

Verb

hafota (first-person singular present hafotaf, not mutable)

  1. to live in a summer or temporary abode, to pass the summer

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hafotaaf hafotai hafota hafotawn hafotawch hafotaant hafotair
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
hafotawn hafotait hafotaai hafotaem hafotaech hafotaent hafotaid
preterite hafotaais hafotaaist hafotaodd hafotaasom hafotaasoch hafotaasant hafotawyd
pluperfect hafotaaswn hafotaasit hafotaasai hafotaasem hafotaasech hafotaasent hafotaasid, hafotaesid
present subjunctive hafotawyf hafotaych hafotao hafotaom hafotaoch hafotaont hafotaer
imperative hafota hafotaed hafotawn hafotawch hafotaent hafotaer
verbal noun hafota
verbal adjectives hafotaedig
hafotaadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future hafota i,
hafotaf i
hafoti di hafotith o/e/hi,
hafotiff e/hi
hafotwn ni hafotwch chi hafotan nhw
conditional hafotwn i,
hafotswn i
hafotet ti,
hafotset ti
hafotai fo/fe/hi,
hafotsai fo/fe/hi
hafoten ni,
hafotsen ni
hafotech chi,
hafotsech chi
hafoten nhw,
hafotsen nhw
preterite hafotais i,
hafotes i
hafotaist ti,
hafotest ti
hafotodd o/e/hi hafoton ni hafotoch chi hafoton nhw
imperative hafota hafotwch

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

Coordinate terms

  • hendrefa (to live in a winter abode)

Further reading

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