cnau

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *know, from Proto-Celtic *knūs. Compare English nut, Latin nux.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /knaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /knai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Noun

cnau f (collective, singulative cneuen)

1. nuts

Derived terms

• cnau adeiniog (“wingnuts (fruit)”)
• cnau almond, cnau Groegaidd (“almonds”)
• cnau castan, cnau castanwydd, cnau gardd (“chestnuts”)
• cnau ceffyllau, cnau cyffylog, (North Wales) cnau coblo (“horse chestnuts, conkers”)
• cnau coco (“cocoa nuts”)
• cnau codog, cnau aur onnenddail (“bladdernuts”)
• cnau cyll, cnau collen, cnau barfog, cnau bychain, cnau'r Ysbaen (“hazelnuts”)
• cnau dŵr (“water chesnuts”)
• cnau ffawydd (“beech mast”)
• cnau Ffrengig (“walnuts”)
• cnau gweigion (“idle pursuit”, literally “empty nuts”)
• cnau mwnci (“monkeynuts”)
• cnau pecan (“pecan nuts”)
• cnau pistasio (“pistachio nuts”)
• cnau'r ddaear, cnau'r moch (“pignuts, earthnuts”)
• cnau'r forddwydydd (“pope's eyes (glands)”)
• cnau'r India, cnau pen, cnau'r màs (“nutmegs”)
• cneua (“to gather nuts”)
• delor cnau (“nuthatch”)
• gefail cnau, melin gnau (“nutcracker (tool)”)
• gwyfyn cnau stôr (“stored nut moth”)
• hoelen cnau (“nut disco fungus”)
• malwr cnau, aderyn y cnau, brân y cnau (“nutcracker (bird)”)
• mor iach â’r gneuen, cyn iached â’r gneuen (“fit as a fiddle”, literally “healthy as a nut”)
• (obsolete) cnau peatus (“peaches”)
• pren cnau (“hazel tree”)
• tegyll brau blas cnau (“nutty brittlegill”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cnau	gnau	nghnau	chnau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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