gwefus
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Welsh
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *webussu (compare Cornish gweus, Breton gweuz), compound of *we- (compare gwefl (“animal lip”)) and Proto-Celtic *bussus (“lip”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bus, Old Irish busóc (“kiss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bus- (“to kiss”) (compare Latin bāsium (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti, Albanian buzë (“mouth”), Persian بوسیدن (bôsidan, “to kiss”)).
Noun
[edit]gwefus f (plural gwefusau)
- lip (on mouth)
Derived terms
[edit]- gwefus y fuwch (“cowslip”)