"kow" meaning in Cornish

See kow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*kėw}} Proto-Brythonic *kėw, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*kawyos}} Proto-Celtic *kawyos, {{cog|cy|cau}} Welsh cau Head templates: {{head|kw|adj}} kow
  1. hollow Derived forms: kowa (english: excavate) [verb], kowans (english: excavation), kowfordh (english: tunnel), kowgrom (english: concave), kownans (english: ravine), kowva (english: cavity)
    Sense id: en-kow-kw-adj-shsXtOzG

Noun

Forms: kowyow [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*kėw}} Proto-Brythonic *kėw, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*kawyos}} Proto-Celtic *kawyos, {{cog|cy|cau}} Welsh cau Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|kowyow|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=f|head=}} kow f (plural kowyow), {{kw-noun|f|y}} kow f (plural kowyow)
  1. hollow Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kow-kw-noun-shsXtOzG

Verb

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kow [mutation, mutation-radical], gow [mutation, mutation-soft], how [mutation, mutation-aspirate], kow [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], kow [mutation, mutation-mixed]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*kėw}} Proto-Brythonic *kėw, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*kawyos}} Proto-Celtic *kawyos, {{cog|cy|cau}} Welsh cau Head templates: {{head|kw|verb form}} kow
  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kowa
    Sense id: en-kow-kw-verb-W9whx32j Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 26 17 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 23 11 55 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 6 64 7
  2. second-person singular imperative of kowa Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: kowa
    Sense id: en-kow-kw-verb-vQ8rqhKd
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kėw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kawyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kawyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cau"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh cau",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "kow",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "excavate",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "translation": "excavate",
          "word": "kowa"
        },
        {
          "english": "excavation",
          "translation": "excavation",
          "word": "kowans"
        },
        {
          "english": "tunnel",
          "translation": "tunnel",
          "word": "kowfordh"
        },
        {
          "english": "concave",
          "translation": "concave",
          "word": "kowgrom"
        },
        {
          "english": "ravine",
          "translation": "ravine",
          "word": "kownans"
        },
        {
          "english": "cavity",
          "translation": "cavity",
          "word": "kowva"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hollow"
      ],
      "id": "en-kow-kw-adj-shsXtOzG",
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kow"
}

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      ]
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-kow-kw-noun-shsXtOzG",
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kow"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "how",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "kow",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "26 17 43 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 11 55 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 6 64 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "kowa",
          "kowa#Cornish"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "kowa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular imperative of kowa"
      ],
      "id": "en-kow-kw-verb-vQ8rqhKd",
      "links": [
        [
          "kowa",
          "kowa#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kow"
}
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    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish feminine nouns",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish non-lemma forms",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Cornish verb forms",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "english": "excavate",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "excavate",
      "word": "kowa"
    },
    {
      "english": "excavation",
      "translation": "excavation",
      "word": "kowans"
    },
    {
      "english": "tunnel",
      "translation": "tunnel",
      "word": "kowfordh"
    },
    {
      "english": "concave",
      "translation": "concave",
      "word": "kowgrom"
    },
    {
      "english": "ravine",
      "translation": "ravine",
      "word": "kownans"
    },
    {
      "english": "cavity",
      "translation": "cavity",
      "word": "kowva"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*kėw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kėw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*kawyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kawyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cau"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh cau",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau.",
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        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adj"
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      "expansion": "kow",
      "name": "head"
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "hollow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow#English"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kow"
}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau.",
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      "form": "kowyow",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
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      "expansion": "kow f (plural kowyow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "kow f (plural kowyow)",
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      "glosses": [
        "hollow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
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    },
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      "form": "gow",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "how",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kow",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "kow",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kowa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kowa",
          "kowa#Cornish"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "word": "kowa"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular imperative of kowa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kowa",
          "kowa#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kow"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: kow/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'mutation-soft', 'mutation-aspirate', 'mutation-radical', 'mutation'}",
  "path": [
    "kow"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kow",
  "trace": ""
}

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