Is there a specific meaning to this phrase in a particular region. It has cropped up in a bulletin board style dialogue…it seemed like husband-family type of thing. When I referred to it later as husband I have been corrected that it is not cŵr but cŵr teleu. I can’t find it in the dictionary but I have learned that this is far from conclusive - it feels like it might be an extended family type of thing…or it could simply be a mistake. Any ideas?
Rich
I think what you’ve got here is gŵr teulu - teulu is family, gŵr is a man or a husband - sounds as though you’re being over-corrected there by someone - gŵr for husband is very common usage - much more so than gŵr teulu, I’d say, which is really making a point - in fact, if someone spoke about a gŵr teulu up here, I’d presume that they were trying to make the point that the man in question was a real family man…
Hmmm. How intriguing…ha, ha…I might have to ask for clarification ‘yn Saesneg’ …the same spelling has been used twice…
…so far we have managed 100% Welsh so I was trying to avoid that. But I’m cheating now anyway by asking around!!!..
Thank you for your help
To be fair, that could be a typo or auto-correct from a previous typo… 
Yes - I have only just started to type Welsh (obviously) and you have to educate the the spell checker as part of the process don’t you!
It was driving me crazy to start off with but we are gradually working it out between us!
( I have bitten the bullet and asked the question, so there you go…I may find out shortly!)
Yes, I’d assume that gŵr teulu would be an attempt at translating the phrase, ‘family man’, although personally I would tend to use ‘dyn teulu’ as it’s a little more informal.
‘gŵr y teulu’ on the other hand would be ‘the husband of the family’.
Although I’ve (only) just noticed I’ve got my ‘c’s and ‘g’s in a tangle so maybe it’s not going as well as I thought!
Don’t worry, that sort of stuff always gets itself tidied up over time…
Diolch yn fawr Catrin, that is exactly what I was thinking! Saying ‘hisband’ seemed to belabour the point somewhat!
Aha. Whilst I was out walking the dogs in the pouring rain inspiration has hit me. I was being a bit stupid and I had taken the context away from you.
I think it was supposed to be ‘my husband’s family’ (who speak Welsh and not my husband)
Being a bit twp I think. It’s happened before and will happen again!
I’d expect ‘teulu fy ngŵr’ for that…
Yes…I haven’t heard back yet but it seems likely that this bit wasn’t quite right (she is a learner too).
Ah, yes, I’d guess that’s the core issue, then…
Are you sure it wasn’t cwrw teleu…because that would include Guinness… 