tybaco

Welsh

Alternative forms

• baco (colloquial)
• tobaco
• tabaco

Etymology

Borrowed from English tobacco, itself a borrowing from Spanish tabaco, which is in turn derived from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈbakɔ/

Noun

tybaco m (uncountable)

1. tobacco

Mutation

Mutated forms of tybaco

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tybaco	dybaco	nhybaco	thybaco

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tybaco”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies