gwasgu

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *wedsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead, thrust, urge, press”). Cognate with Breton gwaskañ, Cornish gwaska, and Irish fáisc. Synchronically derivable as gwasg (“pressure”) +‎ -u. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwasɡɨ̞/, [ˈɡwaskɨ̞] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwasɡi/, [ˈɡwaski] Rhymes: -asɡɨ̞ === Verb === gwasgu (first-person singular present gwasgaf) (ambitransitive) to press, to squeeze (transitive) to compress (transitive) to bind, to tie ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cywasgu (“to compress, to squeeze together”) darwasgu (“to constrain”) dirwasgu (“to depress, to press hard”) gwasgfa (“pang, pain”) gwasgiad (“squeeze”) gwasgu i lawr (“to press down”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwasgu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies