tenau

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (compare Old Irish tanae), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr). === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈtɛnaɨ̯/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtɛnɛ/, /ˈtɛna/ (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈteːnai̯/, /ˈtɛnai̯/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈteːnɛ/, /ˈtɛnɛ/ Rhymes: -eːnaɨ̯ === Adjective === tenau (feminine singular tenau, plural teneuon, equative teneued, comparative teneuach, superlative teneuaf) thin, slender Synonym: main thin, watery Synonym: dyfrllyd scarce, rare Synonym: prin ==== Derived terms ==== teneuo (“to make thin”) teneuwe (“gauze, film”) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tenau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tenau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies