pwy

== Egyptian == === Etymology === Derived from pw. === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /puːiː/ Conventional anglicization: puy === Determiner === (Middle Egyptian) this is… (Middle Egyptian) O (vocative reference) ==== Usage notes ==== This demonstrative was always a determiner and could not stand alone as a pronoun. It follows the noun it describes. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== === References === James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 55. Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN == Welsh == === Etymology === From Old Welsh pui, from Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, (compare Breton piv, Cornish piw, Old Irish cía), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /puːɨ̯/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /pʊ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /pʊi̯/ Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ === Pronoun === pwy m (interrogative) who Pwy yw e? ― Who is he? Pwy sy'n siarad? ― Who's speaking? ==== Derived terms ==== pwy bynnag (“whoever”) ta pwy (“whoever”) === Determiner === pwy (South Wales) (colloquial) which Synonym: pa Pwy un yw e? ― Which one is he/it? (South Wales) (colloquial) a certain, the other Synonym: pa Weles i fe pwy ddiwrnod. ― I saw him/it the other day. ==== Related terms ==== neb (“no one”) pawb (“everyone”) rhywun (“someone”) unrhyw un (“anyone”) === Mutation ===