From u- + -chafu.
uchafu (u class, no plural)
- dirtiness (state or quality of being dirty)
From uchaf (“highest”) + -u.
uchafu (first-person singular present uchafaf)
- to maximize
- to raise
- Synonyms: uchelu, codi
- (metallurgy) to plate with metal
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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future
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uchafa i, uchafaf i
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uchafi di
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uchafith o/e/hi, uchafiff e/hi
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uchafwn ni
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uchafwch chi
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uchafan nhw
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conditional
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uchafwn i, uchafswn i
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uchafet ti, uchafset ti
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uchafai fo/fe/hi, uchafsai fo/fe/hi
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uchafen ni, uchafsen ni
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uchafech chi, uchafsech chi
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uchafen nhw, uchafsen nhw
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preterite
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uchafais i, uchafes i
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uchafaist ti, uchafest ti
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uchafodd o/e/hi
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uchafon ni
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uchafoch chi
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uchafon nhw
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imperative
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—
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uchafa
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—
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—
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uchafwch
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—
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Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “uchafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies