yw
See also: YW, yW, -yw, and -yw-
English
Phrase
yw
- (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of you're welcome.
Translations
abbreviation of you're welcome
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See also
- ty
Anagrams
- WY, wy
Middle English
Pronoun
yw
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯/, /ɨ̞u̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯
Usage notes
Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
yw
- (South Wales, literary) third-person singular present of bod (used in identifications and interrogatives)
- Crys Sioned yw hwnna. ― That is Sioned’s shirt.
- Yw’r cwrw ’ma’n gryf? ― Is this beer strong?
- A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? ― Is this beer strong?
- Beth yw hwn? ― What is this?
Synonyms
- ydy
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).
Noun
yw f pl (singulative ywen)
- yews
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
yw | unchanged | unchanged | hyw |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /jɯ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: yw1
- Hyphenation: yw
Noun
yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling yɯ)
- medicine
- poison
- Synonym: doeg
- medicinal herb
Verb
yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)
- to treat (an illness)
- Synonym: (dialectal) ei