Cymru
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.ɹi/
Proper noun
Cymru
- (rare) Wales
- 2022, Julie Brominicks, The Edge of Cymru: A Journey, Bridgend: Seren, published 2023, →ISBN:
- Communicating in English was usual till a common language could be established. But neither I nor Rob wished anyone to prioritise English on our behalf and the fact that anyone could be offended at hearing Cymraeg in Cymru was wretched. […] My friends had only been in Cymru a year, but Tim knew more local history than me, and the kids, being young, were already nearly fluent in Cymraeg.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömroɣ, from Proto-Celtic *kom- (associative prefix) + *mrogis (“region, country”).[1] By surface analysis, cyn (“with, together”) + bro (“country”). Cognate with English Cumbria and Cambria.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmri/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -əmrɨ
- Homophone: Cymry
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Cymru | Gymru | Nghymru | Chymru |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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