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canu
canu
See also: cañu
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kaneti, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkanɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkani/
Verb
canu (stem can-)
- to sing
- to intone, chant
- to state, say
- to produce musical sounds (of instrument); to play or perform (on instrument)
- to compose poetry, celebrate in song
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | canaf | ceni | cân, cana | canwn | cenwch, canwch | canant | cenir | |
| imperfect/conditional | canwn | canit | canai | canem | canech | canent | cenid | |
| preterite | cenais | cenaist | canodd | canasom | canasoch | canasant | canwyd | |
| pluperfect | canaswn | canasit | canasai | canasem | canasech | canasent | canasid, canesid | |
| subjunctive | canwyf | cenych | cano | canom | canoch | canont | caner | |
| imperative | — | cân, cana | caned | canwn | cenwch, canwch | canent | caner | |
| verbal noun | canu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | canedig canadwy |
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Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cana i, canaf i | cani di | canith o/e/hi, caniff e/hi | canwn ni | canwch chi | canan nhw |
| conditional | canwn i, canswn i | canet ti, canset ti | canai fo/fe/hi, cansai fo/fe/hi | canen ni, cansen ni | canech chi, cansech chi | canen nhw, cansen nhw |
| preterite | canais i, canes i | canaist ti, canest ti | canodd o/e/hi | canon ni | canoch chi | canon nhw |
| imperative | — | cana | — | — | canwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| canu | ganu | nghanu | chanu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “canu” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.