tewi

Welsh

Etymology

From taw +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛu̯.i/

Verb

tewi (first-person singular present tawaf)

1. to be silent

   Synonym: bod yn dawel

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tawaf	tewi	tau, tawa	tawn	tewch	tawant	tewir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	tawn	tawit	tawai	tawem	tawech	tawent	tewid
preterite	tewais	tewaist	tawodd	tawsom	tawsoch	tawsant	tawyd
pluperfect	tawswn	tawsit	tawsai	tawsem	tawsech	tawsent	tawsid, tewsid
present subjunctive	tawyf	tewych	tawo	tawom	tawoch	tawont	tawer
imperative	—	taw	tawed	tawn	tewch	tawent	tawer
verbal noun	tewi
verbal adjectives	tawedig

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tawa i, tawaf i	tawi di	tawith o/e/hi, tawiff e/hi	tawn ni	tawch chi	tawan nhw
conditional	tawn i, tawswn i	tawet ti, tawset ti	tawai fo/fe/hi, tawsai fo/fe/hi	tawen ni, tawsen ni	tawech chi, tawsech chi	tawen nhw, tawsen nhw
preterite	tawais i, tawes i	tawaist ti, tawest ti	tawodd o/e/hi	tawon ni	tawoch chi	tawon nhw
imperative	—	tawa	—	—	tawch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tewi	dewi	nhewi	thewi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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