clun

See also: Clun and člun

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh clun, from Proto-Brythonic *klʉn (“buttocks”) (whence Cornish clun and Breton klun (“buttocks”)), from Proto-Celtic *klounis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /klɨːn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kliːn/
• Rhymes: -ɨːn

Noun

clun f (plural cluniau)

1. hip
2. thigh

   Synonym: morddwyd

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clun	glun	nghlun	chlun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.