"kell" meaning in Cornish

See kell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɛlː] [Revived-Middle-Cornish], [kɛlʰ] [Revived-Late-Cornish] Forms: diwgell [dual], kellow [plural], kellyow [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *köll, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cōleus (“testicle”) (compare Breton kell, Welsh caill), ultimately from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós). Etymology templates: {{root|kw|ine-pro|*ḱel-}}, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*köll}} Proto-Brythonic *köll, {{bor|kw|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{bor|kw|la|cōleus||testicle}} Latin cōleus (“testicle”), {{cog|br|kell}} Breton kell, {{cog|cy|caill}} Welsh caill, {{der|kw|grc|κολεός}} Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós) Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|dual|diwgell||{{{d2}}}|plural|kellow|or|kellyow||||cat2=|g=f|head=}} kell f (dual diwgell, plural kellow or kellyow), {{kw-noun|f|r|kellyow|d=diwgell}} kell f (dual diwgell, plural kellow or kellyow)
  1. testicle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kell-kw-noun-37DOB-35 Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [kɛlː] [Revived-Middle-Cornish], [kɛlʰ] [Revived-Late-Cornish] Forms: kellow [plural], kellyow [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], kell [unmutated], gell [soft], hell [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *kell, from Latin cella. Cognate with Welsh cell. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*kell}} Proto-Brythonic *kell, {{der|kw|la|cella}} Latin cella, {{cog|cy|cell}} Welsh cell Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||{{{d2}}}|plural|kellow|or|kellyow||||cat2=|g=f|head=}} kell f (plural kellow or kellyow), {{kw-noun|f|r|kellyow}} kell f (plural kellow or kellyow)
  1. cell Tags: feminine Derived forms: kellgowser (english: cell phone)
    Sense id: en-kell-kw-noun-OdArQpOL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for kell meaning in Cornish (4.2kB)

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  "path": [
    "kell"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kell",
  "trace": ""
}

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