çhellvane

Manx

Etymology

Possibly a nativized borrowing of telephone.

Noun

çhellvane m (genitive singular çhellvaney, plural çhellvaneyn)

  1. telephone
    • Row peiagh erbee er y çhellvane?
      • Has anyone called on the telephone?
    • T'ad gymmyrkey ylleeyn çhellvane.
      • They carry telephone calls.
    • T'ou goll er shirrey er y çhellvane.
      • You are wanted on the telephone.

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
çhellvanehellvanejellvane
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms
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