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