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cwm

cwm

English

A cwm on the south side of Rhinog Fawr, in Wales.

Noun

cwm (plural cwms)

  1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

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Translations

References

  1. cwm” (US) / “cwm” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.. Accessed 7 September 2013.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Breton komm (trough), Irish com, coim (chest cavity), French combe), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- (compare Latin incumbere (to lie down), English coomb and Old English cumb (hollow; narrow valley), Dutch kom (bowl, basin), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, a pot, jug)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʊm]

Noun

cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd)

  1. valley, dale, glen

Descendants

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwm gwm nghwm chwm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.