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Clo
clo
clo
Czech
Noun
clo n
Derived terms
See also
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *klọw, from Proto-Celtic *klāwos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (whence Latin clāvis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kloː/
Noun
clo m (plural cloeon or cloeau)
- lock, bolt
- impediment, difficulty
- (prosody) consonance or correspondence of consonants in cynghanedd; often figurative
- lock, brake; mechanism that explodes charge in gun
- canal lock
- cluster, bunch
- (rugby) lock
- conclusion
Derived terms
Terms derived from clo
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Related terms
- cloi (“to lock, shut or bind fast, clinch; to conclude”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
clo | glo | nghlo | chlo |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “clo” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.