noddi

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *nọðid, from Proto-Celtic *snādīti (“to protect”), By surface analysis, nawdd (“patronage, sponsorship”) +‎ -i === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɔðɪ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnoːði/, /ˈnɔði/ === Verb === noddi (first-person singular present noddaf, not mutable) to sponsor, to act as patron, to support Synonym: nawddogi ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== noddwr (“patron, sponsor”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “noddi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies