"gow" meaning in Cornish

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Noun

Forms: gowyow [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gow [unmutated], wow [soft], kow [error-unrecognized-form], hwow [mixed], wow [after-th, mutation-mixed]
Etymology: From Old Cornish gou, from Proto-Celtic *gāwa. Cognate with Breton gaou and Welsh gau. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|oco|gou}} Old Cornish gou, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*gāwa}} Proto-Celtic *gāwa, {{cog|br|gaou}} Breton gaou, {{cog|cy|gau}} Welsh gau Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||{{{dual}}}||{{{dual2}}}|plural|gowyow|||||g=m|head=}} gow m (plural gowyow), {{kw-noun|m|y}} gow m (plural gowyow)
  1. lie, untruth Tags: masculine Derived forms: esedha war skavel an gow (english: gossip), gow diveth (english: barefaced lie), gowek (english: liar, dishonest), gowleverel (english: lie) [verb], heb wow (english: honestly), leverel gow (english: tell a lie) [verb]
    Sense id: en-gow-kw-noun-o~sL8bmk Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Cornish gou, from Proto-Celtic *gāwa. Cognate with Breton gaou and Welsh gau.",
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    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gow",
      "source": "mutation",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
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      "source": "mutation",
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        {
          "english": "liar, dishonest",
          "word": "gowek"
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          "english": "lie",
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          "english": "honestly",
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        },
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          "english": "tell a lie",
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    },
    {
      "english": "barefaced lie",
      "word": "gow diveth"
    },
    {
      "english": "liar, dishonest",
      "word": "gowek"
    },
    {
      "english": "lie",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "honestly",
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      "english": "tell a lie",
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      "form": "gowyow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "wow",
      "source": "mutation",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for gow meaning in Cornish (2.1kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gow/Cornish 'aspirate' base_tags={'unmutated', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gow",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gow/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'unmutated', 'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
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