cwtsio

cwtsio

Welsh

Etymology

From cwtsh (“cwtch”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊtʃɔ/

Verb

cwtsio (first-person singular present cwtsiaf)

1. (South Wales) to crouch

   Cwtsia lawr fanna a paid symud.

   Crouch down there and don't move.

2. (South Wales) to cuddle, to hug

   Mae'n lico cwtsio ei mami.

   She likes cuddling / cwtching her mammy.

Usage notes

Note that the Welsh word is spelt cwtsh whereas the English word is spelt cwtch.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cwtsiaf	cwtshi	cwtsia	cwtsiwn	cwtsiwch	cwtsiant	cwtshir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cwtsiwn	cwtshit	cwtsiai	cwtsiem	cwtsiech	cwtsient	cwtshid
preterite	cwtsiais	cwtsiaist	cwtsiodd	cwtsiasom	cwtsiasoch	cwtsiasant	cwtsiwyd
pluperfect	cwtsiaswn	cwtsiasit	cwtsiasai	cwtsiasem	cwtsiasech	cwtsiasent	cwtsiasid, cwtsiesid
present subjunctive	cwtsiwyf	cwtsiech	cwtsio	cwtsiom	cwtsioch	cwtsiont	cwtsier
imperative	—	cwtsia	cwtsied	cwtsiwn	cwtsiwch	cwtsient	cwtsier
verbal noun	cwtsio
verbal adjectives	cwtsiedig cwtsiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cwtsia i, cwtsiaf i	cwtsi di	cwtsith o/e/hi, cwtsiff e/hi	cwtsiwn ni	cwtsiwch chi	cwtsian nhw
conditional	cwtsiwn i	cwtsiet ti	cwtsiai fo/fe/hi	cwtsien ni	cwtsiech chi	cwtsien nhw
preterite	cwtsiais i, cwtsies i	cwtsiaist ti, cwtsiest ti	cwtsiodd o/e/hi	cwtsion ni	cwtsioch chi	cwtsion nhw
imperative	—	cwtsia	—	—	cwtsiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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