"moon" meaning in Cornish

See moon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: moy moon [comparative], monna [comparative]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish mon, from Old Cornish muin, from Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“mild, gentle”), from Proto-Celtic *meinos (“tender, soft”). Cognate with Breton moan and Welsh mwyn (“mild, gentle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|mon}} Middle Cornish mon, {{inh|kw|oco|muin}} Old Cornish muin, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*muɨn||mild, gentle}} Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“mild, gentle”), {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*meinos||tender, soft}} Proto-Celtic *meinos (“tender, soft”), {{cog|br|moan}} Breton moan, {{cog|cy|mwyn||mild, gentle}} Welsh mwyn (“mild, gentle”) Head templates: {{head|kw|adjective|comparative|moy moon//monna||an//|head=}} moon (comparative moy moon /monna), {{kw-adj|m|com2=monna}} moon (comparative moy moon /monna)
  1. slender, slim, thin Synonyms: tanow
    Sense id: en-moon-kw-adj-NmPFrWml Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Cornish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: monyon [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], moon [unmutated], voon [soft], foon [mixed], voon [after-th, mutation-mixed]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“ore, metal”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). Cognate with English mine (via Gaulish and Old French), Irish mian (“ore”), and Welsh mwyn (“ore, mineral”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*muɨn||ore, metal}} Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“ore, metal”), {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*meinis||ore, metal}} Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”), {{cog|en|mine}} English mine, {{cog|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{cog|fro|-}} Old French, {{cog|ga|mian||ore}} Irish mian (“ore”), {{cog|cy|mwyn||ore, mineral}} Welsh mwyn (“ore, mineral”) Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||{{{d2}}}|plural|monyon||||||cat2=|g=m|head=}} moon m (plural monyon), {{kw-noun|m|monyon}} moon m (plural monyon)
  1. mineral Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moon-kw-noun-31h47tqp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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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 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). 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.