tŷ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh ty, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /tɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tiː/
- Homophone: tu; (South Wales) ti
- Rhymes: -ɨː
Usage notes
In addition to meaning 'small house', tŷ bach also means 'toilet restroom'. An alternative translation of 'small house' is tŷ bychan.
Derived terms
- abaty (“abbey”)
- adardy (“aviary”)
- addoldy (“house of worship”)
- bathdy (“mint”)
- beudy
- bwyty (“eatery”)
- cachdy
- clwyfdy
- deildy (“arbour”)
- gody
- goleudy
- gweithdy (“workshop”)
- gwesty (“hotel”)
- hogldy (“hovel”)
- lleiandy
- lluesty (“tent”)
- maendy
- marwdy
- mynachdy (“monastery”)
- pandy
- perchentyaeth
- popty (“oven”)
- puteindy (“whorehouse”)
- rhandy
- tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
- tŷ bach (“outhouse, toilet”)
- tŷ bwyta (“restaurant”)
- tŷ dol (“doll's house”)
- tŷ gwydr (“greenhouse”)
- tŷ mawr
- tyddyn (“farmhouse”)
- tylwyth (“family”)
Mutation
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