Origin of an adverb of time

Welsh General / Questions
#1

I can find no reference to “am biti” in a recent standard Welsh v English dictionary. Used in (L1 Ch 3) , nor indeed can I recall ever having heard its use in everyday speech in South West Wales,
Does anyone have any background to it sin the phrase “am biti mis”.
Many thanks,
David

#2

Here’s Iestyn’s answer from a different thread:

*Biti is apparently a contraction of “o beutu”, with beu being an old word for “every” (You may come across the word ebunydd, meaning everyday, for instance). Tu has the meaning of a side or direction - as in tu ôl, behind, tu chwith, the wrong way round etc. So beutu = every side.

There’s thousands of variations - biti, bwytu, bythdi etc*

Geiriadur y Prifysgol also lists boiti, obeutu, amboutu among the variations.

5 Likes
#3

Diolch yn fawr i chi am yr esboniad
David.

1 Like
#4

If you watch any Pobol y Cwm you do hear it used on there fairly frequently.