"min" meaning in Cornish

See min in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mɪn] Forms: minow [plural], minyow [plural], minyon [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, belly”). Compare Welsh min. Etymology templates: {{etymid|kw|edge}}, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*maknā,*meknos}} Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, {{der|kw|ine-pro|*mak-,*maks-||bag, belly}} Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, belly”), {{cog|cy|min}} Welsh min Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|minow|or|minyow|or|minyon|cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=m|head=}} min m (plural minow or minyow or minyon), {{kw-noun|m|r|minyow|minyon}} min m (plural minow or minyow or minyon)
  1. edge Tags: masculine Synonyms: amal, or
    Sense id: en-min-kw-noun-ocsQD1fp Categories (other): Baby animals Disambiguation of Baby animals: 33 33 33
  2. mouth Tags: masculine Synonyms: ganow
    Sense id: en-min-kw-noun-TPNc-HQ1 Categories (other): Baby animals Disambiguation of Baby animals: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: liw min, minliw (english: lipstick), min fordh (english: roadside), min poll (english: poolside), mingow (english: dishonest, lying), mingreft (english: make-up), minhwarth (english: smile) [noun], minhwerthin (english: smile) [verb], minrew (english: grey-bearded), minvlew (english: moustache), minvlewen (english: whisker)

Noun

IPA: [mɪn] Forms: minen [feminine, singulative], no-table-tags [table-tags], min [error-unrecognized-form], vin [soft], fin [mixed], vin [mixed], mìn [alternative], mynn [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Cornish min, from Proto-Brythonic *mɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *mendos. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic meann, and Welsh myn. Etymology templates: {{etymid|kw|kids}}, {{inh|kw|oco|min}} Old Cornish min, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*mɨnn}} Proto-Brythonic *mɨnn, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*mendos}} Proto-Celtic *mendos, {{cog|ga,gd|meann}} Irish and Scottish Gaelic meann, {{cog|cy|myn}} Welsh myn Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|collective|||||{{{d2}}}|singulative|minen|||||cat2=|f4g=f|f5g=|f6g=|g=|head=}} min (collective, singulative minen f), {{kw-noun|col|en}} min (collective, singulative minen f)
  1. kids (young goats) Tags: collective Synonyms: gevrik
    Sense id: en-min-kw-noun-bq9WB7~N Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Baby animals, Goats Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Goats: 5 5 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "liw min"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lipstick",
      "translation": "lipstick",
      "word": "minliw"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "roadside",
      "translation": "roadside",
      "word": "min fordh"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "poolside",
      "translation": "poolside",
      "word": "min poll"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "dishonest, lying",
      "translation": "dishonest, lying",
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    },
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      "word": "minrew"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "translation": "moustache",
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "edge#English"
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        "singulative"
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mixed"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mixed"
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          "_dis": "5 5 90",
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          "name": "Goats",
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          "kid"
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          "word": "gevrik"
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      "ipa": "[mɪn]"
    }
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    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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    {
      "word": "liw min"
    },
    {
      "english": "lipstick",
      "translation": "lipstick",
      "word": "minliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "roadside",
      "translation": "roadside",
      "word": "min fordh"
    },
    {
      "english": "poolside",
      "translation": "poolside",
      "word": "min poll"
    },
    {
      "english": "dishonest, lying",
      "translation": "dishonest, lying",
      "word": "mingow"
    },
    {
      "english": "make-up",
      "translation": "make-up",
      "word": "mingreft"
    },
    {
      "english": "smile",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "translation": "smile",
      "word": "minhwarth"
    },
    {
      "english": "smile",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "smile",
      "word": "minhwerthin"
    },
    {
      "english": "grey-bearded",
      "translation": "grey-bearded",
      "word": "minrew"
    },
    {
      "english": "moustache",
      "translation": "moustache",
      "word": "minvlew"
    },
    {
      "english": "whisker",
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    }
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        "plural"
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          "mouth#English"
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    }
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      "form": "minen",
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        "feminine",
        "singulative"
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "min",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "vin",
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      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mixed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mixed"
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      "form": "mìn",
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      ]
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        "alternative"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kid"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "gevrik"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[mɪn]"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: min/Cornish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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  "title": "min",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: min/Cornish 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: min/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Cornish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.