yw

See also: YW, yW, -yw, and -yw-

English

Phrase

yw

  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of you're welcome.

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See also

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Middle English

Pronoun

yw

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

Welsh

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

yw

  1. (South Wales, literary) third-person singular present of bod (used in identifications and interrogatives)
    Crys Sioned yw hwnna.
    That is Sioned’s shirt.
    Yw’r cwrw ’ma’n gryf? (colloquial)
    Is this beer strong?
    A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? (literary)
    Is this beer strong?
    Beth yw hwn?
    What is this?
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Aeronen ywen.

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).[1]

Noun

yw f (collective, singulative ywen)

  1. yew trees, coniferous trees of genus Taxus, especially common or English yew trees (Taxus baccata)[2]
Derived terms
  • meryw (“juniper”)
  • trwmped dail ywen (“yew club mushroom, Clavicorona taxophila”)

Noun

yw m (collective, singulative ywyn)[3]

  1. (carpentry) yew wood

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
yw unchanged unchanged hyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “yw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 7‎
  3. Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel.

Pronunciation

Noun

yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

  1. medicine
  2. poison
    Synonym: doeg
  3. medicinal herb

Derived terms
  • ywanhmenzyoz

Verb

yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

  1. to treat (an illness)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ei
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