Ynys Manaw
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ynys (“island”) and a descendant of Proto-Brythonic *manawiā or *manawā.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌənɨ̞s ˈmanau̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌənɪs ˈmaːnau̯/, /ˌənɪs ˈmanau̯/
Proper noun[edit]
- Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Derived terms[edit]
- Manaweg (“Manx Gaelic”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| Ynys Manaw | unchanged | unchanged | Hynys Manaw |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Kenneth Jackson, Language and history in early Britain (Dublin: Four Courts, 1994), 376.