tenau

From Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (compare Old Irish tanae), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnɛ/, /ˈtɛna/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈteːnai̯/, /ˈtɛnai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈteːnɛ/, /ˈtɛnɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛnaɨ̯

tenau (feminine singular tenau, plural teneuon, equative teneued, comparative teneuach, superlative teneuaf)

1. thin, slender

   Synonym: main

2. thin, watery

   Synonym: dyfrllyd

3. scarce, rare

   Synonym: prin

• teneuo (“to make thin”)
• teneuwe (“gauze, film”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tenau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tenau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies