cafflo

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal English caffle, cf. Hiberno-English caffler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaflɔ/

Verb

cafflo (first-person singular present cafflaf)

  1. to cheat (at games)
  2. to deceive
    Synonym: twyllo
  3. to mislead, to bewilder
    Synonyms: camarwain, mwydro

Mutation

Mutated forms of cafflo
radical soft nasal aspirate
cafflo gafflo nghafflo chafflo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cafflo”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cafflo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.