hwpo
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hwp (“a push, a shove”) + -io
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhʊpɔ/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈhʊpɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʊpɔ/
Verb[edit]
hwpo (first-person singular present hwpafaf, not mutable)
- (South Wales, colloquial) to push, to shove
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | hwpa i, hwpaf i | hwpi di | hwpith o/e/hi, hwpiff e/hi | hwpwn ni | hwpwch chi | hwpan nhw |
| conditional | hwpwn i, hwpswn i | hwpet ti, hwpset ti | hwpai fo/fe/hi, hwpsai fo/fe/hi | hwpen ni, hwpsen ni | hwpech chi, hwpsech chi | hwpen nhw, hwpsen nhw |
| preterite | hwpais i, hwpes i | hwpaist ti, hwpest ti | hwpodd o/e/hi | hwpon ni | hwpoch chi | hwpon nhw |
| imperative | — | hwpa | — | — | hwpwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hwpo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies