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yw

See also: YW, yW, -yw, and -yw-

yw - English

Phrase

yw

  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of you're welcome.

Translations

Anagrams

yw - Middle English

Pronoun

yw

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

yw - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA: /ɪu̯/, /ɨ̞u̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA: /ɪu̯/

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".

Verb

yw

  1. (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? (colloquial)
      • Is this beer strong?
    • A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? (literary)
      • Is this beer strong?
    • Beth yw hwn?
      • What is this?

Synonyms

Noun

yw f pl (singulative ywen)

  1. yews

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
yw unchanged unchanged hyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

yw - Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /jɯ˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: yw1
  • Hyphenation: yw

Noun

yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

  1. medicine
  2. poison
  3. medicinal herb

Verb

yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)

  1. to treat (an illness)
    • Synonym: (dialectal) ei
Meaning and Definition of yw
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