newyn

== Middle Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish nauna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death, to die”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnewɨn/ === Noun === newyn m hunger === References === Simon Evans (1964), A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish nauna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɨ̞n/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɪn/ === Noun === newyn m (plural newynau, not mutable) (uncountable) hunger, starvation (countable) famine ==== Derived terms ==== newynog, newynllyd (“hungry”) streic newyn (“hunger strike”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “newyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies