cyw

From Proto-Celtic *kuwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-yó-s, derivative of the root *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be strong”). Compare, in particular, Sanskrit शाव (śāva, “young animal”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪu̯/, /kɨ̞u̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪu̯/
• Homophone: ciw (“queue”)
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

cyw m (plural cywion)

1. chick, young (bird)
2. chicken

• (chicken): ffowlyn

• gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
• troed y cyw (“hedge parsley”)

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