moch

Welsh (Colloquial)

/moːχ/

noun
Definitions
  • pigs, swine, hogs
  • (mining) small pumps used underground in coal mines to remove water
  • crushers in quarrying
  • ridging-ploughs
  • segments of orange, etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *mox inherited from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*mokkus

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