"bwa" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbuː.a/ Forms: bwâu [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bwa [error-unrecognized-form], fwa [soft], mwa [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh bwa, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga. Etymology templates: {{der|cy|wlm|bwa}} Middle Welsh bwa, {{der|cy|enm|bowe}} Middle English bowe, {{der|cy|ang|boga}} Old English boga Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|bwâu}} bwa m (plural bwâu) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. bow (weapon) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bwa-cy-noun-mT6VxyaR Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Atmospheric phenomena, Light, Weapons Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Light: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Weapons: 83 9 9
  2. arch (architecture) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bwa-cy-noun-zTE4fEAG Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Architecture, Atmospheric phenomena, Light Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Architecture: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Light: 33 33 33
  3. rainbow Tags: masculine Synonyms: enfys
    Sense id: en-bwa-cy-noun-j87QC2zi Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Atmospheric phenomena, Light Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Light: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bwa'r Gwynt (english: the Milky Way), bwa'r arch, bwa'r Drindod, bwa'r glaw, bwa'r hin, bwa'r wrach, bwa'r wybren (english: rainbow)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the Milky Way",
      "translation": "the Milky Way",
      "word": "Bwa'r Gwynt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bwa'r arch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bwa'r Drindod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bwa'r glaw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bwa'r hin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bwa'r wrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "rainbow",
      "translation": "rainbow",
      "word": "bwa'r wybren"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bwa",
      "bwa#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "bowe",
      "bowe#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "boga",
      "boga#Old_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh bwa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bowe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bowe",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "boga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English boga",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh bwa, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bwâu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bwa",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fwa",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwa",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bwâu"
      },
      "expansion": "bwa m (plural bwâu)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "cy:Atmospheric phenomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "cy:Light",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "cy:Weapons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bow (weapon)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwa-cy-noun-mT6VxyaR",
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "cy:Architecture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "cy:Atmospheric phenomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "cy:Light",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "arch (architecture)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwa-cy-noun-zTE4fEAG",
      "links": [
        [
          "arch",
          "arch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "cy:Atmospheric phenomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "cy:Light",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rainbow"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwa-cy-noun-j87QC2zi",
      "links": [
        [
          "rainbow",
          "rainbow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "enfys"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbuː.a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bwa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle English",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old English",
    "cy:Architecture",
    "cy:Atmospheric phenomena",
    "cy:Light",
    "cy:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the Milky Way",
      "translation": "the Milky Way",
      "word": "Bwa'r Gwynt"
    },
    {
      "word": "bwa'r arch"
    },
    {
      "word": "bwa'r Drindod"
    },
    {
      "word": "bwa'r glaw"
    },
    {
      "word": "bwa'r hin"
    },
    {
      "word": "bwa'r wrach"
    },
    {
      "english": "rainbow",
      "translation": "rainbow",
      "word": "bwa'r wybren"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bwa",
      "bwa#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "bowe",
      "bowe#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "boga",
      "boga#Old_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh bwa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bowe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bowe",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "boga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English boga",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh bwa, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bwâu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bwa",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fwa",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwa",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bwâu"
      },
      "expansion": "bwa m (plural bwâu)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bow (weapon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arch (architecture)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arch",
          "arch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rainbow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rainbow",
          "rainbow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "enfys"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbuː.a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bwa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bwa meaning in Welsh (2.2kB)

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  "path": [
    "bwa"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bwa",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "bwa"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bwa",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bwa/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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