callio

Welsh

Etymology

From call (“wise, sensible”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɬjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -aɬjɔ

Verb

callio (first-person singular present calliaf)

  1. to become wise, to wise up, to get one's act together
    Mae angen iddo gallio.
    He needs to get his act together.
    Callia, wnei di.
    Wise up, why don't you.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future calliaf celli callia calliwn celliwch, calliwch calliant cellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional calliwn cellit calliai calliem calliech callient cellid
preterite celliais celliaist calliodd calliasom calliasoch calliasant calliwyd
pluperfect calliaswn calliasit calliasai calliasem calliasech calliasent calliasid, calliesid
present subjunctive calliwyf celliech callio calliom callioch calliont callier
imperative — callia callied calliwn celliwch, calliwch callient callier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives calliedig
calliadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future callia i,
calliaf i 		calli di callith o/e/hi,
calliff e/hi 		calliwn ni calliwch chi callian nhw
conditional calliwn i,
callswn i 		calliet ti,
callset ti 		calliai fo/fe/hi,
callsai fo/fe/hi 		callien ni,
callsen ni 		calliech chi,
callsech chi 		callien nhw,
callsen nhw
preterite calliais i,
callies i 		calliaist ti,
calliest ti 		calliodd o/e/hi callion ni callioch chi callion nhw
imperative — callia — — calliwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of callio
radical soft nasal aspirate
callio gallio nghallio challio

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

Further reading

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