chwileru

Welsh

Etymology

Calque of English pupate. Analysable as chwiler (“pupa”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

chwileru (first-person singular present chwileraf, not mutable)

  1. to pupate
    • 2025 September 5 (last accessed), “Coediwr Adscita statices [Forester Adscita statices]”, in Butterfly conservation‎[1], archived from the original on 5 Sept 2025:
      Mae’n chwileru mewn sidangod a wëir ganddo yn isel uwchben y ddaear, ynghudd ymhlith y llystyfiant.
      It pupates in a cocoon that it weaves low above the ground, hidden among the vegetation.

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “pupate”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
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