malwota

Welsh

Etymology

From malwod (snails; slugs) +‎ -a. Cognate with Cornish melhwessa.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

malwota (first-person singular present malwotaf)

  1. to gather snails or slugs

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future malwotaf malwoti malwota malwotwn malwotwch malwotant malwotir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
malwotwn malwotit malwotai malwotem malwotech malwotent malwotid
preterite malwotais malwotaist malwotodd malwotasom malwotasoch malwotasant malwotwyd
pluperfect malwotaswn malwotasit malwotasai malwotasem malwotasech malwotasent malwotasid, malwotesid
present subjunctive malwotwyf malwotych malwoto malwotom malwotoch malwotont malwoter
imperative malwota malwoted malwotwn malwotwch malwotent malwoter
verbal noun malwota
verbal adjectives malwotedig
malwotadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future malwota i,
malwotaf i
malwoti di malwotith o/e/hi,
malwotiff e/hi
malwotwn ni malwotwch chi malwotan nhw
conditional malwotwn i,
malwotswn i
malwotet ti,
malwotset ti
malwotai fo/fe/hi,
malwotsai fo/fe/hi
malwoten ni,
malwotsen ni
malwotech chi,
malwotsech chi
malwoten nhw,
malwotsen nhw
preterite malwotais i,
malwotes i
malwotaist ti,
malwotest ti
malwotodd o/e/hi malwoton ni malwotoch chi malwoton nhw
imperative malwota malwotwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of malwota
radical soft nasal aspirate
malwota falwota unchanged unchanged

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

Further reading

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