newyn

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂u- (“death”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnewɨn/

Noun

newyn m

hunger

References

Simon Evans (1964), A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂u- (“death”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯ɨ̞n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯ɪn/

Noun

newyn m (plural newynau)

(uncountable) hunger, starvation
(countable) famine

Further reading

“newyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014

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