chwibanu

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • chwiban, chwibianu

Etymology

Compare Middle Breton c’houibana.

Verb

chwibanu (first-person singular present chwibanaf, not mutable)

  1. to whistle

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future chwibanaf chwibani chwiban, chwibana chwibanwn chwibanwch chwibanant chwibanir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 chwibanwn chwibanit chwibanai chwibanem chwibanech chwibanent chwibanid
preterite chwibanais chwibanaist chwibanodd chwibanasom chwibanasoch chwibanasant chwibanwyd
pluperfect chwibanaswn chwibanasit chwibanasai chwibanasem chwibanasech chwibanasent chwibanasid, chwibanesid
present subjunctive chwibanwyf chwibanych chwibano chwibanom chwibanoch chwibanont chwibaner
imperative — chwiban, chwibana chwibaned chwibanwn chwibanwch chwibanent chwibaner
verbal noun chwibanu
verbal adjectives chwibanedig
chwibanadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future chwibana i, chwibanaf i chwibani di chwibanith o/e/hi, chwibaniff e/hi chwibanwn ni chwibanwch chi chwibanan nhw
conditional chwibanwn i, chwibanswn i chwibanet ti, chwibanset ti chwibanai fo/fe/hi, chwibansai fo/fe/hi chwibanen ni, chwibansen ni chwibanech chi, chwibansech chi chwibanen nhw, chwibansen nhw
preterite chwibanais i, chwibanes i chwibanaist ti, chwibanest ti chwibanodd o/e/hi chwibanon ni chwibanoch chi chwibanon nhw
imperative — chwibana — — chwibanwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • chwiban m or f (“whistle”)
  • chwibaniad m (“whistling”)
  • chwibanog (“whistling”, adjective)
  • chwibanwr m (“whistler”)

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