See nessa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish",
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"english": "until next time",
"translation": "until next time",
"word": "bys dhe'n nessa tro"
},
{
"english": "underwear",
"translation": "underwear",
"word": "dilla nessa"
},
{
"english": "next year",
"translation": "next year",
"word": "nessa bledhen"
},
{
"english": "inner",
"translation": "inner",
"word": "nessa dhe'n kres"
},
{
"english": "every other day",
"translation": "every other day",
"word": "pub nessa dydh"
},
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"english": "secondary school",
"translation": "secondary school",
"word": "skol nessa"
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"translation": "until next time",
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