yw

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

English

Phrase

yw

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

See also

Anagrams

Middle English

Pronoun

yw

  1. (Chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of yow

References

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 etymology on the main entry.

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? ― Is this beer strong?
    A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? ― Is this beer strong?
    Beth yw hwn? ― What is this?
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂ (“yew”).

Noun

yw f (singulative ywen)

  1. yew

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.

Zhuang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /jɯ˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: yw1
  • Hyphenation: yw

Noun

yw (old orthography yɯ, Sawndip forms 𦬎)

  1. medicine
  2. poison
  3. medicinal herb

Verb

yw (old orthography yɯ)

  1. to treat (an illness)
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