"lyha" meaning in Cornish

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle Cornish lyja, from Proto-Brythonic *llaɣhaβ̃. Equivalent to le (“smaller, less”) + -a. Cognate with Welsh lleiaf. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|lyja}} Middle Cornish lyja, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*llaɣhaβ̃}} Proto-Brythonic *llaɣhaβ̃, {{suffix|kw|le|a|t1=smaller, less}} le (“smaller, less”) + -a, {{cog|cy|lleiaf}} Welsh lleiaf Head templates: {{head|kw|adj}} lyha
  1. superlative degree of byghan — smallest Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: bygha (extra: n — smallest)
    Sense id: en-lyha-kw-adj-5ZJV9rDA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66
  2. least, minimal, minimum
    Sense id: en-lyha-kw-adj-7wjsLR0p Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Cornish terms suffixed with -a, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Cornish terms suffixed with -a: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dhe'n lyha (english: at least)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "at least",
      "translation": "at least",
      "word": "dhe'n lyha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "lyja"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish lyja",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*llaɣhaβ̃"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *llaɣhaβ̃",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "le",
        "3": "a",
        "t1": "smaller, less"
      },
      "expansion": "le (“smaller, less”) + -a",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "lleiaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh lleiaf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Cornish lyja, from Proto-Brythonic *llaɣhaβ̃. Equivalent to le (“smaller, less”) + -a. Cognate with Welsh lleiaf.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adj"
      },
      "expansion": "lyha",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "n — smallest",
          "word": "bygha"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative degree of byghan — smallest"
      ],
      "id": "en-lyha-kw-adj-5ZJV9rDA",
      "links": [
        [
          "byghan",
          "byghan#Cornish"
        ],
        [
          "smallest",
          "smallest#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish terms suffixed with -a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "least, minimal, minimum"
      ],
      "id": "en-lyha-kw-adj-7wjsLR0p",
      "links": [
        [
          "least",
          "least#English"
        ],
        [
          "minimal",
          "minimal#English"
        ],
        [
          "minimum",
          "minimum#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyha"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cornish adjectives",
    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms suffixed with -a",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "at least",
      "translation": "at least",
      "word": "dhe'n lyha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "lyja"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish lyja",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*llaɣhaβ̃"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *llaɣhaβ̃",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "le",
        "3": "a",
        "t1": "smaller, less"
      },
      "expansion": "le (“smaller, less”) + -a",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "lleiaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh lleiaf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Cornish lyja, from Proto-Brythonic *llaɣhaβ̃. Equivalent to le (“smaller, less”) + -a. Cognate with Welsh lleiaf.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adj"
      },
      "expansion": "lyha",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cornish superlative adjectives"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "n — smallest",
          "word": "bygha"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative degree of byghan — smallest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "byghan",
          "byghan#Cornish"
        ],
        [
          "smallest",
          "smallest#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "least, minimal, minimum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "least",
          "least#English"
        ],
        [
          "minimal",
          "minimal#English"
        ],
        [
          "minimum",
          "minimum#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyha"
}

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