"teg" meaning in Cornish

See teg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɛːɡ/ Forms: tekka [comparative], an tekka [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish tek, from Old Cornish teg, from Proto-Brythonic *teg, from Proto-Celtic *tekos. Cognate with Welsh teg. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|tek}} Middle Cornish tek, {{inh|kw|oco|teg}} Old Cornish teg, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*teg}} Proto-Brythonic *teg, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*tekos}} Proto-Celtic *tekos, {{cog|cy|teg}} Welsh teg Head templates: {{head|kw|adj|comparative|tekka|superlative|an tekka}} teg (comparative tekka, superlative an tekka)
  1. beautiful, pretty, lovely, fair
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-adj-zz7R0vnD
  2. attractive Synonyms: tennvosek
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-adj-bvOwADnm
  3. elegant, fine Synonyms: afinys, fethus, fin
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-adj-lGwwFfQ5
  4. handsome Synonyms: semli
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-adj-RiPzC5Jh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: skesya teg (english: figure skating), teg awel (english: calm), teg dres eghen (english: exquisite), tegen (english: jewel, ornament, toy), tegennek (english: jewelled, ornate), tegennel (english: ornamental), tegyn (english: toy), tekhe (english: decorate, adorn) [verb], tykki (english: pretty thing), yn teg (english: beautifully)
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /tɛːɡ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], teg [unmutated], deg [soft], theg [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish tek, from Old Cornish teg, from Proto-Brythonic *teg, from Proto-Celtic *tekos. Cognate with Welsh teg. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|tek}} Middle Cornish tek, {{inh|kw|oco|teg}} Old Cornish teg, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*teg}} Proto-Brythonic *teg, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*tekos}} Proto-Celtic *tekos, {{cog|cy|teg}} Welsh teg Head templates: {{head|kw|adv}} teg
  1. quite Synonyms: glan, lowr, nebes, poran, pur, yn perfydh
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-adv-mjBYFX3o Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Cornish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 4 16 32 37 Disambiguation of Cornish links with redundant wikilinks: 17 4 9 20 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Numeral

IPA: /tɛːɡ/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|kw|mutated numeral}} teg
  1. hard mutation of deg (“ten”)
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-num-06bI6ddS Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 4 16 32 37
  2. mixed mutation of deg Tags: form-of, mutation-mixed Form of: deg
    Sense id: en-teg-kw-num-tBEGYtJn Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 4 16 32 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "english": "figure skating",
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      "word": "teg awel"
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  "pos": "num",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Cornish hard-mutation forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard mutation of deg (“ten”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deg",
          "deg#Cornish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cornish mixed-mutation forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "deg"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mixed mutation of deg"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deg",
          "deg#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛːɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teg"
}

Download raw JSONL data for teg meaning in Cornish (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: teg/Cornish 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'unmutated'}",
  "path": [
    "teg"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "teg",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: teg/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft', 'unmutated'}",
  "path": [
    "teg"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "teg",
  "trace": ""
}

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