cefn

Welsh (Colloquial)

/kɛvn/, /kɛvn/, /ˈkeːvɛn/

noun
Definitions
  • back, rear; (figuratively) support, second; body as needing clothing, etc.
  • support, ridge; butt of ploughed land between two parallel furrows; opening furrows of such a butt; (biblical) furlong; vertical fissure or fault in a rock
  • middle, centre

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh keuen (back) inherited from Proto-Celtic *kebno- (back).

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*kebno-

Gloss

back

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

後, 背

Emoji

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