ciw

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪu̯/
• Homophone: cyw (“chick”)
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Etymology 1

Noun

ciw f (plural ciwiau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Etymology 2

English queue and cue, both ultimately from French queue (“tail”)

Noun

ciw m (plural ciwiau)

1. queue, line
2. tailback
3. (sports) cue

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ciw	giw	nghiw	chiw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.