cwpla

Welsh

Etymology

From cwpláu (“to complete”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊpla/

Verb

cwpla (first-person singular present cwplâf)

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) to finish, to end
    Synonyms: bennu, dibennu, gorffen, diweddu
    Antonyms: cychwyn, dechrau

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cwplâf cwplei cwplâ cwplawn cwplewch cwplânt cwpleir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional cwplawn cwplait cwplâi cwplaem cwplaech cwplaent cwpleid
preterite cwpleais cwpleaist cwplaodd cwplasom cwplasoch cwplasant cwplawyd
pluperfect cwplaswn cwplasit cwplasai cwplasem cwplasech cwplasent cwplasid, cwplesid
present subjunctive cwplawyf cwpleych cwplao cwplaom cwplaoch cwplaont cwplaer
imperative — cwplâ cwplaed cwplawn cwplewch cwplaent cwplaer
verbal noun cwpla
verbal adjectives —
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cwpla i, cwplaf i cwpli di cwplith o/e/hi, cwpliff e/hi cwplwn ni cwplwch chi cwplan nhw
conditional cwplwn i, cwplswn i cwplet ti, cwplset ti cwplai fo/fe/hi, cwplsai fo/fe/hi cwplen ni, cwplsen ni cwplech chi, cwplsech chi cwplen nhw, cwplsen nhw
preterite cwplais i, cwples i cwplaist ti, cwplest ti cwplodd o/e/hi cwplon ni cwploch chi cwplon nhw
imperative — cwpla — — cwplwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwpla gwpla nghwpla chwpla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cwpla”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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