Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *webussu (compare Breton gweuz, Welsh gwefus), compound of *we- and Proto-Celtic *bussu ‎(“lip”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bus, Old Irish busóc ‎(“kiss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bus- ‎(“to kiss”) (compare Latin bāsium ‎(“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti, Albanian buzë ‎(“mouth”), Persian بوسیدن ‎(bōsīdan, “to kiss”)).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡwøːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡweːz]