"dewis" meaning in Cornish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛwis/ Forms: dewisyow [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish dyuys, dywys, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”), possibly via Proto-Celtic *to-guseti (compare Old Irish do·goa). Cognate with Breton diuz and Welsh dewis. Etymology templates: {{root|kw|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{inh|kw|cnx|dyuys,dywys}} Middle Cornish dyuys, dywys, {{der|kw|ine-pro|*ǵews-|t=to taste, try, choose}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”), {{der|kw|cel-pro|*to-guseti}} Proto-Celtic *to-guseti, {{cog|sga|do·goa}} Old Irish do·goa, {{cog|br|diuz}} Breton diuz, {{cog|cy|dewis}} Welsh dewis Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||{{{d2}}}|plural|dewisyow||||||cat2=|g=m|head=}} dewis m (plural dewisyow), {{kw-noun|m|y}} dewis m (plural dewisyow)
  1. choice, option, pick, selection Tags: masculine Synonyms: ethol
    Sense id: en-dewis-kw-noun-73WRNFXN Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 37 13 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 36 13 38

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛwis/
Etymology: From Middle Cornish dyuys, dywys, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”), possibly via Proto-Celtic *to-guseti (compare Old Irish do·goa). Cognate with Breton diuz and Welsh dewis. Etymology templates: {{root|kw|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{inh|kw|cnx|dyuys,dywys}} Middle Cornish dyuys, dywys, {{der|kw|ine-pro|*ǵews-|t=to taste, try, choose}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”), {{der|kw|cel-pro|*to-guseti}} Proto-Celtic *to-guseti, {{cog|sga|do·goa}} Old Irish do·goa, {{cog|br|diuz}} Breton diuz, {{cog|cy|dewis}} Welsh dewis Head templates: {{head|kw|verb|head=}} dewis, {{kw-verb}} dewis Inflection templates: {{kw-conj-i|dewis}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dewisav [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, indicative, singular], dewisydh [error-unrecognized-form, indicative, second-person, singular], dewis [error-unrecognized-form, indicative, singular, third-person], dewisyn [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, indicative, plural], dewisowgh [error-unrecognized-form, indicative, plural, second-person], dewisons [error-unrecognized-form, indicative, plural, third-person], dewisir [error-unrecognized-form, impersonal, indicative], dewisis [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], dewissys [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], dewisas [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], dewissyn [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], dewissowgh [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], dewissons [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], dewisas [impersonal, indicative, preterite], dewisyn [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], dewisys [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], dewisi [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], dewisyn [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], dewisewgh [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], dewisens [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], dewisys [imperfect, impersonal, indicative], dewissen [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], dewisses [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], dewissa [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], dewissen [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], dewissewgh [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], dewissens [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], dewissys [impersonal, indicative, pluperfect], dewissiv [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, singular, subjunctive], dewissi [error-unrecognized-form, second-person, singular, subjunctive], dewisso [error-unrecognized-form, singular, subjunctive, third-person], dewissyn [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, plural, subjunctive], dewissowgh [error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person, subjunctive], dewissons [error-unrecognized-form, plural, subjunctive, third-person], dewisser [error-unrecognized-form, impersonal, subjunctive], dewissen [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], dewisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], dewissa [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], dewissen [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], dewissewgh [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], dewissens [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], dewissys [imperfect, impersonal, subjunctive], - [first-person, imperative, singular], dewis [imperative, second-person, singular], dewises [imperative, singular, third-person], dewisyn [first-person, imperative, plural], dewisewgh [imperative, plural, second-person], dewisens [imperative, plural, third-person], - [imperative, impersonal], ow tewis [error-unrecognized-form, participle, present, second-person, singular, third-person], dewisys [error-unrecognized-form, impersonal], no-table-tags [table-tags], dewis [unmutated], dhewis [soft], tewis [error-unrecognized-form], tewis [mixed], tewis [after-th, mutation-mixed]
  1. to choose, elect, pick, select, take Synonyms: etholi Derived forms: astewis (english: adopt) [verb], dewis gwarioryon (english: casting), dewisadow (english: eligible), dewisel (english: optional), dewisyans (english: ballot, election), ken dewis (english: alternative) [noun]
    Sense id: en-dewis-kw-verb-nnNv51yB Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 37 13 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 36 13 38
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛwis/"
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}

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    "dewis"
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  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "dewis",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Cornish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). 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.