lliw

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coch oren melyn gwyrdd glas fioled du brown llwyd gwyn
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From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɬɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯
• Homophone: llyw (South Wales)

lliw m (plural lliwiau)

1. colour
2. paint, dye, colouring

• lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)