mwnt

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʊnt/

Noun

mwnt m (uncountable)

  1. mound
  2. motte
  3. 100,000, or a billion
    • 1803, William Owen Pughe, A Dictionary of the Welsh Language explained in English, page 136:
      The number 100,000 is also called milcant; and in ancient numeration, mwnt, catyrva, and rhiallu: so a million used to be called mynta, buna, and catyrva vawr
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1862, Iolo Morganwg ed. John Williams (Ab Ithel), The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg Vol. I.‎, →ISBN, page 109:
      • [also quoted in:] 1871, James Kenward (called Elfynydd), Ab Ithel: An Account of the Life and Writings of John Williams Ab Ithel, page 210
        Ten ones are ten, ten tens are a hundred, ten hundreds are a thousand, ten hundred thousands are a myriad, a myriad myriads are a million, a million millions are a mwnt, a mwnt mwnts are a rhiallu, a rhiallu rhiallus are a buna, a buna bunas are a tyrva, a tyrva tyrvas are a cattyrva, a cattyrva cattyrvas are a cadrawd, a cadrawd cadrawds are the number of lives from Annwn to Gwynvyd

Derived terms
  • mwnt a beili
  • mwnt Gwener

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

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