chwip

Welsh

Etymology

From English whip.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /χwɪp/

Noun

chwip f (plural chwipiau, not mutable)

  1. whip
    • 1898, Dafydd Dafis, chapter 7, Gyda'r Aelodau, page 48:
      “Wel, deydwch wrtha i, Mistar Ellis,” ebra fi, “ble mae’r chwip gynoch? Mi rydw i’n dallt mai chwi fydd yn chwipio’r aelodau ’ma pan fydd eiso; […] ”
      “Well, tell me, Mister Ellis,” I said, “where’s the whip you have? I understand that you will be whipping these members when it is over; […] ”
    • 1900, William Rowlands [ed.], Y Cyfaill o’r Hen Wlad (The Friend from the Old Country), volume 14, Hauesynan : Siencyn Penhydd A'i Amserau, page 176:
      […] , yn rhoi y chwip a’r yspardyn iddo, […]
      […] , give him the whip and spur, […]

Derived terms
  • chwipio
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