llety

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llettɨɣ (compare Breton leti). By surface analysis, lled (“half, in part”) +‎ tŷ (“house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɛtɨ̞/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɛti/

Noun

llety m (plural lletyau)

lodging, accommodation
inn
(Freemasonry) lodge, hall

Derived terms

lletya
lletyaeth
lletygar
lletygarwch
bod yn llety'r aderyn (“to spend time under a hedge”, literally “to be in the bird's lodgings”)
cysgu yn llety'r falwen (“to sleep by an outside wall”, literally “to sleep in the snail's lodgings”)

Mutation

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