gweus

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *webussu (compare Breton gweuz, Welsh gwefus), compound of *we- and Proto-Celtic *bussu (“lip”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bus, Old Irish busóc (“kiss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bus- (“to kiss”) (compare Latin bāsium (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti, Albanian buzë (“mouth”), Persian بوسیدن (bôsidan, “to kiss”)).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡwøːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡweːz]

Noun

gweus f (dual diwweus, plural gweusyow)

1. lip

Mutation

  Mutation of gweus  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gweus	weus	unchanged	kweus	hweus	weus