dwylaw

Welsh

Etymology

Univerbation of dwy law (“two hands”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dwylaw f pl

  1. literary form of dwylo (“hands”).

Quotations
  • 1920, Robert Griffith, “Prawfion (Ordeals)”, in Chwedl a Hanes o Ynys y Merthyron [History and Stories from the Island of Martyrs], London: Cymdeithas Gynhadol Llundain, page 33:
    Mentrodd rhai o'r bobl ar y lan guro dwylaw […]
    Some of the people on the shore started clapping their hands […]

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dwylaw ddwylaw nwylaw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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