gwestai

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwɛsdai̯/, [ˈɡwɛstai̯] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle Welsh gwestei. By surface analysis, gwest (“hospitality, lodging”) +‎ -ai. ==== Noun ==== gwestai m (plural gwesteion) a guest (law, historical) an entourage of twelve men who accompanied medieval Welsh kings === Etymology 2 === From gwest (“lodging”) +‎ tai (“houses”). ==== Noun ==== gwestai plural of gwesty (“hotel”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwestai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies A. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.