cwlwm

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • clwm, cwlm

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish kolm, Breton koulm, skoulm.

Pronunciation

Noun

cwlwm m (plural clymau or cylymau)[1]

  1. knot
  2. (figuratively, between people) bond, tie
  3. node, knot (in wood)
  4. (astronomy, obsolete) node
    Synonym: nod

Derived terms
  • clymu (“to tie, to knot”)
  • cwlwm caredig (“true lover's knot”)
  • cwlwm cariad (“herb Paris”)
  • cwlwm dolen (“slip knot”)
  • cwlwm gwlwm (“double knot”)
  • cwlwm gwynt (“flatulence”)
  • cwlwm gwythi (“cramp, spasm”)
  • cwlwm mamgu (“granny knot”)
  • cwlwm penglwm (“double knot”)
  • cwlwm perfedd (“constricted bowel, appendicitis”)
  • cwlwm priodas (“bond of matrimony”)
  • cwlwm rhedeg (“running knot”)
  • cwlwm tair (“group of three small objects”)
  • cwlwm y coed (“black bryony”)
  • cwlwm y gwŷdd (“black bryony”)
  • cwlwm yr asgwrn (“dog's mercury”)
  • ynghlwm (“attached”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwlwm gwlwm nghwlwm chwlwm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cwlwm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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