mygu

Welsh

Etymology

From mwg (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mygu (first-person singular present mygaf)

  1. to smoke, to produce smoke
  2. to smoke, to cure food
  3. to fumigate, to smoke out (e.g. bees from a hive)
  4. to burn (incense etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future mygaf mygi myga, myga mygwn mygwch mygant mygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 mygwn mygit mygai mygem mygech mygent mygid
preterite mygais mygaist mygodd mygasom mygasoch mygasant mygwyd
pluperfect mygaswn mygasit mygasai mygasem mygasech mygasent mygasid, mygesid
present subjunctive mygwyf mygych mygo mygom mygoch mygont myger
imperative — myga, myga myged mygwn mygwch mygent myger
verbal noun mygu
verbal adjectives mygedig
mygadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future myga i, mygaf i mygi di mygith o/e/hi, mygiff e/hi mygwn ni mygwch chi mygan nhw
conditional mygwn i, mygswn i myget ti, mygset ti mygai fo/fe/hi, mygsai fo/fe/hi mygen ni, mygsen ni mygech chi, mygsech chi mygen nhw, mygsen nhw
preterite mygais i, myges i mygaist ti, mygest ti mygodd o/e/hi mygon ni mygoch chi mygon nhw
imperative — myga — — mygwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
  • ysmygu (“to smoke tobacco”)
  • cochi (“to smoke fish”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mygu fygu unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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