"giow" meaning in Cornish

See giow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: giowen [feminine, singulative]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish gyew, from Old Cornish goiven sg, from Proto-Brythonic *giow (“sinew”), from Proto-Celtic *gyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH-. Cognate with Welsh gïau (“sinew”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|gyew}} Middle Cornish gyew, {{inh|kw|oco|goiven|g=s}} Old Cornish goiven sg, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*giow||sinew}} Proto-Brythonic *giow (“sinew”), {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*gyos}} Proto-Celtic *gyos, {{der|kw|ine-pro|*gʷyeH-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH-, {{cog|cy|gïau||sinew}} Welsh gïau (“sinew”) Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|collective|||||{{{d2}}}|singulative|giowen|||||cat2=|f4g=f|f5g=|f6g=|g=|head=}} giow (collective, singulative giowen f), {{kw-noun|col|en}} giow (collective, singulative giowen f)
  1. ligaments Tags: collective

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "gyew"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish gyew",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "oco",
        "3": "goiven",
        "g": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish goiven sg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*giow",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *giow (“sinew”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷyeH-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gïau",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gïau (“sinew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Cornish gyew, from Old Cornish goiven sg, from Proto-Brythonic *giow (“sinew”), from Proto-Celtic *gyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH-. Cognate with Welsh gïau (“sinew”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "giowen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "giowen",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "collective",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "singulative",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "f",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "giow (collective, singulative giowen f)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "col",
        "2": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "giow (collective, singulative giowen f)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "kw:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ligaments"
      ],
      "id": "en-giow-kw-noun-9kEWMM3A",
      "links": [
        [
          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "giow"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "gyew"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish gyew",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "oco",
        "3": "goiven",
        "g": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish goiven sg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*giow",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *giow (“sinew”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷyeH-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gïau",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gïau (“sinew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Cornish gyew, from Old Cornish goiven sg, from Proto-Brythonic *giow (“sinew”), from Proto-Celtic *gyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH-. Cognate with Welsh gïau (“sinew”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "giowen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "giowen",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "collective",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "singulative",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "f",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "giow (collective, singulative giowen f)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "col",
        "2": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "giow (collective, singulative giowen f)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cornish collective nouns",
        "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Cornish lemmas",
        "Cornish nouns",
        "Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish",
        "Cornish terms derived from Old Cornish",
        "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "kw:Body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ligaments"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "giow"
}

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