"twll" meaning in Welsh

See twll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʊɬ/ Forms: tyllau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], twll [error-unrecognized-form], dwll [soft], nhwll [error-unrecognized-form], thwll [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh twll, from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Irish toll (“hole”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|twll}} Middle Welsh twll, {{der|cy|cel-pro|*tullom}} Proto-Celtic *tullom, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*(s)tewk-||to push, hit}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to push, hit”), {{cog|ga|toll||hole}} Irish toll (“hole”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|tyllau}} twll m (plural tyllau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. hole Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-twll-cy-noun-Oe5FUZcH
  2. burrow Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-twll-cy-noun-wEX2NN3S
  3. mineshaft Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-twll-cy-noun-y5olcgxQ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 9 58 9 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 62 5 26 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 56 9 29
  4. puncture, hole, leak Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-twll-cy-noun-~SyO5544
  5. (golf) cup Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-twll-cy-noun-xhcXgdZf Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mandwll (english: pore), pigdwll (english: puncture), trydwll (english: holey, full of holes), twll du (english: black hole), twll o le (english: a dump), twll tin (english: arsehole), tyllog (english: perforated, porous)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pore",
      "word": "mandwll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "puncture",
      "word": "pigdwll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "holey, full of holes",
      "word": "trydwll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "black hole",
      "word": "twll du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a dump",
      "word": "twll o le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "arsehole",
      "word": "twll tin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "perforated, porous",
      "word": "tyllog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "twll"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh twll",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*tullom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *tullom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)tewk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to push, hit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to push, hit”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "toll",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish toll (“hole”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh twll, from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Irish toll (“hole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tyllau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dwll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nhwll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thwll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "tyllau"
      },
      "expansion": "twll m (plural tyllau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hole"
      ],
      "id": "en-twll-cy-noun-Oe5FUZcH",
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "burrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-twll-cy-noun-wEX2NN3S",
      "links": [
        [
          "burrow",
          "burrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 58 9 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 62 5 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 6 56 9 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mineshaft"
      ],
      "id": "en-twll-cy-noun-y5olcgxQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mineshaft",
          "mineshaft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "puncture, hole, leak"
      ],
      "id": "en-twll-cy-noun-~SyO5544",
      "links": [
        [
          "puncture",
          "puncture"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "leak",
          "leak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Golf",
          "orig": "cy:Golf",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cup"
      ],
      "id": "en-twll-cy-noun-xhcXgdZf",
      "links": [
        [
          "golf",
          "golf"
        ],
        [
          "cup",
          "cup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(golf) cup"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊɬ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twll"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pore",
      "word": "mandwll"
    },
    {
      "english": "puncture",
      "word": "pigdwll"
    },
    {
      "english": "holey, full of holes",
      "word": "trydwll"
    },
    {
      "english": "black hole",
      "word": "twll du"
    },
    {
      "english": "a dump",
      "word": "twll o le"
    },
    {
      "english": "arsehole",
      "word": "twll tin"
    },
    {
      "english": "perforated, porous",
      "word": "tyllog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "twll"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh twll",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*tullom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *tullom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)tewk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to push, hit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to push, hit”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "toll",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish toll (“hole”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh twll, from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Irish toll (“hole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tyllau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dwll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nhwll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thwll",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "tyllau"
      },
      "expansion": "twll m (plural tyllau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hole"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "burrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burrow",
          "burrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mineshaft"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mineshaft",
          "mineshaft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "puncture, hole, leak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "puncture",
          "puncture"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "leak",
          "leak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Golf"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cup"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "golf",
          "golf"
        ],
        [
          "cup",
          "cup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(golf) cup"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊɬ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twll"
}

Download raw JSONL data for twll meaning in Welsh (2.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Welsh: 'twll du', originally 'twll du'",
  "path": [
    "twll"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "twll",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: twll/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "twll"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "twll",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: twll/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "twll"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "twll",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: twll/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "twll"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "twll",
  "trace": ""
}

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