"bern" meaning in Cornish

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Noun

IPA: /bɛrn/ Forms: bernyow [plural]
Etymology: From dialectal English burn, an alteration of burden. Cognate with Welsh bwrn. "Mound" sense possibly influenced by Middle Cornish bren (from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), compare Welsh bryn). Etymology templates: {{der|kw|en|burn}} English burn, {{cog|cy|bwrn}} Welsh bwrn, {{der|kw|cnx|bren}} Middle Cornish bren, {{m+|cel-pro|*brusnyos||breast; hill}} Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), {{ncog|cy|bryn}} Welsh bryn Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|bernyow|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=m|head=}} bern m (plural bernyow), {{kw-noun|m|y}} bern m (plural bernyow)
  1. concern, interest Tags: masculine Synonyms: les
    Sense id: en-bern-kw-noun-aB6Y~Qhk Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 9 32 13
  2. heap, mound, pile Tags: masculine Synonyms: graghel, kals, krug, pil
    Sense id: en-bern-kw-noun-FA1ptb3o Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 9 32 13
  3. (agriculture) rick Tags: masculine Synonyms: das, skawn, tasorn, towarghek
    Sense id: en-bern-kw-noun-XvxguA-i Categories (other): Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bern gweyth (english: workload), bernya (english: exaggerate, matter) [verb], fowt bern, bernfowt (english: indifference)

Verb

IPA: /bɛrn/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bern [mutation, mutation-radical], vern [mutation, mutation-soft], bern [mutation, mutation-aspirate], pern [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], fern [mutation, mutation-mixed], vern [mutation, mutation-mixed]
Etymology: From dialectal English burn, an alteration of burden. Cognate with Welsh bwrn. "Mound" sense possibly influenced by Middle Cornish bren (from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), compare Welsh bryn). Etymology templates: {{der|kw|en|burn}} English burn, {{cog|cy|bwrn}} Welsh bwrn, {{der|kw|cnx|bren}} Middle Cornish bren, {{m+|cel-pro|*brusnyos||breast; hill}} Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), {{ncog|cy|bryn}} Welsh bryn Head templates: {{head|kw|vf|id=verb}} bern
  1. inflection of bernya:
    third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
    Tags: form-of Form of: bernya
    Sense id: en-bern-kw-verb-dVHfbZ09 Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 9 32 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 14 7 36 8 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 19 4 40 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
  2. inflection of bernya:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: bernya
    Sense id: en-bern-kw-verb-KFAzTFXV Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 9 32 13
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "workload",
      "translation": "workload",
      "word": "bern gweyth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "exaggerate, matter",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "exaggerate, matter",
      "word": "bernya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fowt bern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "indifference",
      "translation": "indifference",
      "word": "bernfowt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "burn"
      },
      "expansion": "English burn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bwrn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bwrn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "bren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish bren",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*brusnyos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breast; hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bryn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bryn",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dialectal English burn, an alteration of burden. Cognate with Welsh bwrn. \"Mound\" sense possibly influenced by Middle Cornish bren (from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), compare Welsh bryn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bernyow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "bernyow",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bern m (plural bernyow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "bern m (plural bernyow)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 19 9 32 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "concern, interest"
      ],
      "id": "en-bern-kw-noun-aB6Y~Qhk",
      "links": [
        [
          "concern",
          "concern#English"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "les"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 19 9 32 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heap, mound, pile"
      ],
      "id": "en-bern-kw-noun-FA1ptb3o",
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap#English"
        ],
        [
          "mound",
          "mound#English"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "graghel"
        },
        {
          "word": "kals"
        },
        {
          "word": "krug"
        },
        {
          "word": "pil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "kw:Agriculture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rick"
      ],
      "id": "en-bern-kw-noun-XvxguA-i",
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "rick",
          "rick#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(agriculture) rick"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "das"
        },
        {
          "word": "skawn"
        },
        {
          "word": "tasorn"
        },
        {
          "word": "towarghek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛrn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bern"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "burn"
      },
      "expansion": "English burn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bwrn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bwrn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "bren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish bren",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "breast; hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bryn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bryn",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dialectal English burn, an alteration of burden. Cognate with Welsh bwrn. \"Mound\" sense possibly influenced by Middle Cornish bren (from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), compare Welsh bryn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "vf",
        "id": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "bern",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 19 9 32 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 7 36 8 2 2 2 2 2 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 19 4 40 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bernya"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of bernya:",
        "third-person singular present indicative/future indicative"
      ],
      "id": "en-bern-kw-verb-dVHfbZ09",
      "links": [
        [
          "bernya",
          "bernya#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 19 9 32 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bernya"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of bernya:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "id": "en-bern-kw-verb-KFAzTFXV",
      "links": [
        [
          "bernya",
          "bernya#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛrn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bern"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish masculine nouns",
    "Cornish non-lemma forms",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms derived from English",
    "Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish",
    "Cornish verb forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "workload",
      "translation": "workload",
      "word": "bern gweyth"
    },
    {
      "english": "exaggerate, matter",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "exaggerate, matter",
      "word": "bernya"
    },
    {
      "word": "fowt bern"
    },
    {
      "english": "indifference",
      "translation": "indifference",
      "word": "bernfowt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "burn"
      },
      "expansion": "English burn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bwrn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bwrn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "bren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish bren",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*brusnyos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breast; hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bryn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bryn",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dialectal English burn, an alteration of burden. Cognate with Welsh bwrn. \"Mound\" sense possibly influenced by Middle Cornish bren (from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), compare Welsh bryn).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "bernyow",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bern m (plural bernyow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "bern m (plural bernyow)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "concern, interest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "concern",
          "concern#English"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "les"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heap, mound, pile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap#English"
        ],
        [
          "mound",
          "mound#English"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "graghel"
        },
        {
          "word": "kals"
        },
        {
          "word": "krug"
        },
        {
          "word": "pil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "kw:Agriculture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "rick",
          "rick#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(agriculture) rick"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "das"
        },
        {
          "word": "skawn"
        },
        {
          "word": "tasorn"
        },
        {
          "word": "towarghek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛrn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bern"
}

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    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish masculine nouns",
    "Cornish non-lemma forms",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms derived from English",
    "Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish",
    "Cornish verb forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "vf",
        "id": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "bern",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "bernya"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of bernya:",
        "third-person singular present indicative/future indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bernya",
          "bernya#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "bernya"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of bernya:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bernya",
          "bernya#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛrn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bern"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bern meaning in Cornish (4.9kB)

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Cornish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (03da280 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.