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Y, as U in burn; but in the last syllable of a word, and in all monosyllables except Y, Ydd, Ym, Yn, Yr, Ys, Fy, Dy, Myn, it is like I in Sin.

By attending to these rules, the stranger will easily make himself understood by the peasantry, and on his tours, in enquiring for any place to which he may be journeying.

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Ab, (or Ap,) the son of.

Aber, the junction of a river with the sea.

Allt, a hill; a mutation of gallt.

Annedd, a dwelling place.

Am, about.

Ar, upon. Arvon, bordering upon Môn, or Anglesey.

Ardal, a region.

Argae, an embankment.

Avon, a river.

Bâch, little; when joined to a substantive feminine, it is written vâch.

Bala, an outlet.

Ban, high, lofty. Plur. banau, heights, or eminences.

Banc, a bank.

Bâs, shallow.

Bedd, a grave.

Blaen, a point, upper end, or extremity.

Bôd, an abode, residence, habitation.

Bôn, the base.

Braenar, fallow land.

Braich, an arm.

Brîg, top, summit.

Brîth, speckled, mottled.

Bron, a breast, the slope of a hill.

Bryn, a hill, or mount. Pl. bryniau.