gwanunig

noun. a twin (one of a pair of twins)

gwanunig

noun. twin

Cognates

• Q. onóna “twin-born; one of a pair of twins” ✧ WJ/367

Element in

• S. Haudh in Gwanûr “*Burial Mound of the Twins” ✧ LotR/1054

Elements

Word	Gloss
go-	“together, co-, com-”
NŌ/ONO	“beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become”
-eg	“diminutive/singular ending”

gwanûn

noun. a pair of twins

gwenyn

noun. twins

gwanunig

twin

gwanunig (i **wanunig**), a singular formed from:

gwanunig

twin

(i ’wanunig), a singular formed from:

gwanûn

pair of twins

(in gwanûn) (WJ:367). Also gwanur (in gwanur) (LotR Appendix A). Note: a homophone of gwanur means ”brother; kinsman or kinswoman”

gwanur

pair of twins

(in gwanur), also gwanûn (in gwanûn) (WJ:367)

gwenyn

pair of twins

(PM:353, 365)