cachu
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”). Compare Spanish cacho.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakko- (compare Latin cacō).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaχɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːχi/, /ˈkaχi/
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cachaf | cachi | cacha | cachwn | cachwch | cachant | cachir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cachwn | cachit | cachai | cachem | cachech | cachent | cachid | |
preterite | cachais | cachaist | cachodd | cachasom | cachasoch | cachasant | cachwyd | |
pluperfect | cachaswn | cachasit | cachasai | cachasem | cachasech | cachasent | cachasid, cachesid | |
present subjunctive | cachwyf | cachych | cacho | cachom | cachoch | cachont | cacher | |
imperative | — | cacha | cached | cachwn | cachwch | cachent | cacher | |
verbal noun | cachu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cachedig cachadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cacha i, cachaf i | cachi di | cachith o/e/hi, cachiff e/hi | cachwn ni | cachwch chi | cachan nhw |
conditional | cachwn i, cachswn i | cachet ti, cachset ti | cachai fo/fe/hi, cachsai fo/fe/hi | cachen ni, cachsen ni | cachech chi, cachsech chi | cachen nhw, cachsen nhw |
preterite | cachais i, caches i | cachaist ti, cachest ti | cachodd o/e/hi | cachon ni | cachoch chi | cachon nhw |
imperative | — | cacha | — | — | cachwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cachu | gachu | nghachu | chachu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Related terms
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “cachu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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