wylo

See also: wyło

English

Alternative forms

Verb

wylo

  1. (obsolete, Anglo-Chinese) Go away; begone.
    • 1862, Walter White, A Sailor-boy's Log-book from Portsmouth to the Peiho, page 113:
      […] I turned suddenly round, took him by the collar and shook him vigorously, telling him I'd call a policeman if he didn't "wylo" (go away); whereupon he sheered off in double-quick time, while I watched his retreating figure, laughing heartily.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Welsh

Etymology

Presumably related to gwylan (“gull”), along with Breton gouelañ (“to cry”).[1] Cognate with Middle Cornish wole, ole; Middle Breton gouelaff, goelaff; Modern Breton gouelañ.

Pronunciation

Verb

wylo (first-person singular present wylaf)

  1. to cry, weep

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future wylaf wyli ŵyl wylwn wylwch wylant wylir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		wylwn wylit wylai wylem wylech wylent wylid
preterite wylais wylaist wylodd wylasom wylasoch wylasant wylwyd
pluperfect wylaswn wylasit wylasai wylasem wylasech wylasent wylasid, wylesid
present subjunctive wylwyf wylych wylo wylom wyloch wylont wyler
imperative — ŵyl wyled wylwn wylwch wylent wyler
verbal noun wylo
verbal adjectives wyledig

Derived terms

  • wylofain
  • wylofus ("wailing, doleful, tearful")

Mutation

Mutated forms of wylo
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
wylo unchanged unchanged hwylo

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

References

  1. ^ Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 128

Further reading

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