Translations... Welsh / English
A: aber = river mouth |ael = brow or bridge | afon = river | afon las = blue river | allt =  hillside | ar werth = for sale | aran = high place | arddu = black grag
B: bach= small or little | bala = lake outlet | ban = peak or crest | bedd(au) = grave(s) | bera bach = little rick | blaen = head of the valley, summit | boch = a cheek | bod = home, abode, dwelling | bont = bridge | bont newydd= new bridge | bron = the slope of a hill | bryn = hill | bwlch = pass, gap, col | bwll = pit, pool | bwlch y moch = pig pass | bwlch-y-dwy elor = pass of the two biers | bwlch saethau = pass of the arrows | bychan = small
C: CADW = welsh ancient monuments organisation | cae = field, hollow | caer = camp or fortress | cafn = a trough | canol = middle | capel = chapel | carn or carnedd = cairn or heap of stones | carreg = stone | carrog = torrent | carneddau = cairns or heaps | caseg = a mare | castell= castle or fortress | castell y gwynt = castle of the winds | cau = hollow | cefn =a ridge | clogwyn = cliff or precipice | clogwyn du'r arddu = the black cliff of the black height | clogwyn-y-person = parson's nose| clwyd = a gate | clyd = a shelter | cnicht = a knight | coch = red | coed = trees, wood | cors = a bog or swamp | craig = rock | crib = sharp ridge, jagged edge or comb | crib coch = red ridge or comb | cribin = small crest of a hill, rocky ridge | croes = a cross | crug = a mound | cwm = hollow, valley | cwm cau = valley or hollow | cwm du  = black valley or hollow
D: daear ddu = black earth or ground | dau or  dwy = two | dinas = natural fortress
dol = dale or meadow | drosgl = rough hill | drum = a ridge | drws = door | drws bach = little or small door | du or ddu = black | dwr = water | dyffryn = valley (wide and open ended) | dynion =  gentlemen
E: eglwys = church | eira = snow | esgair = ridge | erw = an acre | eryi = a highland
F: fach= small, little | faes = field or meadow | fan = peak or crest | fawnog = peat bog | fawr = large, big, great | fechan = little | felin = a mill | ffordd = road | ffrwd = stream | ffynnon = spring, well | foel = bald, rounded or bare hill | foel fras = large bald, rounded or bare hill | fron = slope | fryn = hill
G: gaer = a camp | gallt = a slope | garn or garnedd = cairn, heap | garth = an enclosure | glas = blue | glaslyn = blue lake | gloddfa = quarry | gluddair = a heap | goch = red | glyn = deep valley | gors = swamp  | graig = crag or rock | groes = a cross | grug = heather | gwastad = a plain | gwern = an alder coppice | gwyn or gwen = white | gwynt = wind
H: hafod or hafoty = summer dwelling | hebog = a hawk | helgi = hunting dog | helyg = willows | hen = old | hendre(f) = winter dwelling | hir = long
I: isa(f) = lower, lowest
L: llan = church, village | llech= slate | llech ddu = black slate | llefn = smooth | llithrig = slippery | llwybr = path | llwybr cyhoeddus = public footpath | llwyd = grey | llwyn = a grove | llyn = lake | llyn-y-dywarchen= the lake of the sod | llyn-y-ffynnon las= the lake of the green well (old name for glaslyn) | llyn du = black lake | llys = a hall | lon = a lane
M: maen = stone, block | maes = field or meadow | main = narrow man = a place | mawr = large, big, great | melin = mill | merched = Ladies | mign = a bog | moch = pigs | moel = rounded, bald or bare hill | mor = sea | morfa = flat seashore | mynydd = mountain
N: nant = brook | nant-y-llef = valley of the cry | newydd = new
O: oer = cold | | og = harrow | ogof (or gogo) = cave | oleu = light
P: pair = cauldron | pant = hollow, valley | parc = field, enclosure | pen = head, top | pen y pass = head, top of the (mountain?) pass | pentir = headland | pentre(f) = village | perygl = danger | pistyll = spout of a waterfall | plas = mansion | poeth = hot | pont = bridge | porth = port, harbour, gateway | pwll = pool | pwll llygad yr ych = the pool of the ox's eye
R: rhaedr = waterfall | rhaedr bach = small waterfall | rhiw = hill, slope | rhos = moor | rhyd= ford (river crossing) | rhyd ddu = black ford (river crossing)
S: sant = saint | sarn = causeway | sticill= stile | scwd = waterfall
T: tal =  front, end | tan = under | tir = soil, land | toiled(au) = toilet(s) | tomen = a mound | ton = wasteland | traeth = sandy shore | tre(f) = a town | tri = three | trum = ridge, summit | twll = cavern or hole | twr = tower | ty = house | tyddyn = small farm, cottage
U: ucha(f)= upper, highest | un = one 
W: waun = moorland | wen= white | wern = alder swamp | wrach = witch | wig = wood | wynt = wind
Y: y or Yr  = the | y garn = the cairn or heap | yn = in | yr aran- the high place
ynys = island | ysbyty = hospital | ysfa = sheep walk | ystrad = street, vale, dale | ystrum = curve or bend | ystwyth = winding | y wydda fawr = snowdon (the great burial place or tomb) 

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