halio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• halian

Etymology

From English haul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaljɔ/
• Rhymes: -aljɔ

Verb

halio (first-person singular present haliaf, not mutable)

1. (transitive) to haul, to tow, to pull, to tug

   Synonyms: towio, tynnu, llusgo

2. (slang, vulgar) to tug, to jerk off, to wank

   Synonyms: wancio, llawgnychu

Conjugation

Conjugation of halio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	haliaf	halii	halia	haliwn	haliwch	haliant	haliir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	haliwn	haliit	haliai	haliem	haliech	halient	haliid
preterite	haliais	haliaist	haliodd	haliasom	haliasoch	haliasant	haliwyd
pluperfect	haliaswn	haliasit	haliasai	haliasem	haliasech	haliasent	haliasid, haliesid
present subjunctive	haliwyf	haliych	halio	haliom	halioch	haliont	halier
imperative	—	halia	halied	haliwn	haliwch	halient	halier
verbal noun	halio
verbal adjectives	haliedig haliadwy

Conjugation of halio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	halia i, haliaf i	hali di	halith o/e/hi, haliff e/hi	haliwn ni	haliwch chi	halian nhw
conditional	haliwn i, haliswn i	haliet ti, haliset ti	haliai fo/fe/hi, halisai fo/fe/hi	halien ni, halisen ni	haliech chi, halisech chi	halien nhw, halisen nhw
preterite	haliais i, halies i	haliaist ti, haliest ti	haliodd o/e/hi	halion ni	halioch chi	halion nhw
imperative	—	halia	—	—	haliwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• halio bant (“to jerk off, to masturbate”)
• rhaff halio (“towrope”)
• llwybr halio (“towpath”)

Related terms

• halier (“haulier”)

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “haul”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “halio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “halio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies