hwy

Etymology
From a presumed earlier *hwīe, from, from , to which the more common instrumental ending *-ō had been added. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) why

Etymology
From <.

Noun

 * 1) achiote

Etymology
From <.

Noun

 * 1) achiote

Etymology 1
From, from , plural of , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

The initial h- is from the final -nt of verbs having the allophone -nnh- between vowels (e.g. gwelant wy “they see” > /gwelannhwy/ > gwelan(t) hwy); the colloquial form formed by the same process.

Pronoun

 * 1)  they; them.

Usage notes
Hwy is exclusively Literary Welsh. Colloquial Welsh uses instead.

Etymology 2
, comparative of (for the same alteration compare, comp.  > Welsh , comp. ).

Adjective

 * : longer