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Early Ml. W. cw, cwd (cwt), cwẟ ‘where?’ ‘whence?’ ‘whither?’

pi-eu ‘to whom belongs?’ See § 192.

Many interrogative expressions are formed by combining pa, py with nouns and adjec&shy;tives; thus

pa un, pl. pa rai ‘which?’ (followed by o ‘of’), pwy un is also found.

pa un is also used sometimes for ‘who?’ as dywet titheu&#8203;..&#8203;pa un wyt ti 57 ‘and do thou say who thou art’.

pa un and pwy un are sometimes contracted to p’un and pwy’n; thus pun wyt 222 ‘who thou art’ (for  154 pwy wyt); Brig kŵyr, pwy ni ŵyr pwy’n yw S.Ph. 19/274 ‘(Maid of) the waxen hair, who knows not who she is?’

pa le, ple, ble ‘where?’ ‘whither?’ o ba le, o ble ‘whence?’ i ba le, i ble ‘whither?’ pa du ‘where?’ ‘whither?’ (These forms sup&shy;planted cw, cwd, cwẟ in Late Ml. and Mn. W.)

Pa le y bu Babel Ỻ.A. 44 ‘where was Babel?’ ble mae plant y gwr 101, see i (7) above; Pa le yẟ aeth Aẟaf yna Ỻ.A. 13 “quo ivit tunc Adam?” Ble’dd ân’ rhaig blaidd o Wynedd T.A.  14966/57