chwech

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *hwex, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /χweːχ/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /χweːχ/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /hweːχ/, /weːχ/ === Numeral === chwech (before nouns chwe) (cardinal number) six ==== Usage notes ==== chwe triggers the aspirate mutation in the literary language, but in the spoken language this is only occasionally heard. ==== Derived terms ==== lle chwech (“toilet, loo, lavvy, john”) === Noun === chwech m (plural chwechau, not mutable) (obsolete) sixpence === Mutation === === References === Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “chwech”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies