"ys" meaning in Cornish

See ys in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪs/ Forms: ysen [feminine, singulative]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish eys, from Old Cornish yd, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸitu. Cognate with Breton ed, Irish ioth, and Welsh ŷd. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|eys}} Middle Cornish eys, {{inh|kw|oco|yd}} Old Cornish yd, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*ɨd}} Proto-Brythonic *ɨd, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*ɸitu}} Proto-Celtic *ɸitu, {{cog|br|ed}} Breton ed, {{cog|ga|ioth}} Irish ioth, {{cog|cy|ŷd}} Welsh ŷd Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|collective|||||{{{d2}}}|singulative|ysen|||||cat2=|f4g=f|f5g=|f6g=|g=|head=}} ys (collective, singulative ysen f), {{kw-noun|col|en}} ys (collective, singulative ysen f)
  1. corn Tags: collective
    Sense id: en-ys-kw-noun-Y7BJDUc2
  2. barley, cereals, corn, wheat Tags: collective Synonyms: greunvos
    Sense id: en-ys-kw-noun-W17tGpUb Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Cornish links with redundant alt parameters, Cornish links with redundant wikilinks, Grains, Plants Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 14 13 6 46 0 0 0 6 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 4 67 0 0 0 4 9 Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Cornish links with redundant alt parameters: 39 61 Disambiguation of Cornish links with redundant wikilinks: 37 63 Disambiguation of Grains: 20 80 Disambiguation of Plants: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: askorrans ys (english: cereal production), hwegys, ys hweg (english: maize, sweetcorn), kylgh ys (english: crop circle), manal ys (english: sheaf of corn), penn ys (english: ear of corn), ys du (english: buckwheat), ys popp (english: popcorn), ys rudh (english: cranberries), ysek (english: fruitful)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cereal production",
      "translation": "cereal production",
      "word": "askorrans ys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hwegys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "maize, sweetcorn",
      "translation": "maize, sweetcorn",
      "word": "ys hweg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "crop circle",
      "translation": "crop circle",
      "word": "kylgh ys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sheaf of corn",
      "translation": "sheaf of corn",
      "word": "manal ys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ear of corn",
      "translation": "ear of corn",
      "word": "penn ys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "buckwheat",
      "translation": "buckwheat",
      "word": "ys du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "popcorn",
      "translation": "popcorn",
      "word": "ys popp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cranberries",
      "translation": "cranberries",
      "word": "ys rudh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fruitful",
      "translation": "fruitful",
      "word": "ysek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "eys",
      "eys#Middle_Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "yd",
      "yd#Old_Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "*ɨd",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨd"
    ],
    [
      "*ɸitu",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸitu"
    ],
    [
      "ed",
      "ed#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "ioth",
      "ioth#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ŷd",
      "ŷd#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "eys"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish eys",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "oco",
        "3": "yd"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish yd",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*ɨd"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *ɨd",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸitu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton ed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ioth"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish ioth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ŷd"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh ŷd",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Cornish eys, from Old Cornish yd, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸitu. Cognate with Breton ed, Irish ioth, and Welsh ŷd.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ysen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "ysen",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "collective",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "singulative",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "f",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ys (collective, singulative ysen f)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "col",
        "2": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "ys (collective, singulative ysen f)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "corn"
      ],
      "id": "en-ys-kw-noun-Y7BJDUc2",
      "links": [
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 6 46 0 0 0 6 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 4 67 0 0 0 4 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Grains",
          "orig": "kw:Grains",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "kw:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "barley, cereals, corn, wheat"
      ],
      "id": "en-ys-kw-noun-W17tGpUb",
      "links": [
        [
          "barley",
          "barley"
        ],
        [
          "cereal",
          "cereal"
        ],
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ],
        [
          "wheat",
          "wheat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "greunvos"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ys"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cornish collective nouns",
    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Cornish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish",
    "Cornish terms derived from Old Cornish",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "kw:Grains",
    "kw:Plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "cereal production",
      "translation": "cereal production",
      "word": "askorrans ys"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwegys"
    },
    {
      "english": "maize, sweetcorn",
      "translation": "maize, sweetcorn",
      "word": "ys hweg"
    },
    {
      "english": "crop circle",
      "translation": "crop circle",
      "word": "kylgh ys"
    },
    {
      "english": "sheaf of corn",
      "translation": "sheaf of corn",
      "word": "manal ys"
    },
    {
      "english": "ear of corn",
      "translation": "ear of corn",
      "word": "penn ys"
    },
    {
      "english": "buckwheat",
      "translation": "buckwheat",
      "word": "ys du"
    },
    {
      "english": "popcorn",
      "translation": "popcorn",
      "word": "ys popp"
    },
    {
      "english": "cranberries",
      "translation": "cranberries",
      "word": "ys rudh"
    },
    {
      "english": "fruitful",
      "translation": "fruitful",
      "word": "ysek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "eys",
      "eys#Middle_Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "yd",
      "yd#Old_Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "*ɨd",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨd"
    ],
    [
      "*ɸitu",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸitu"
    ],
    [
      "ed",
      "ed#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "ioth",
      "ioth#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ŷd",
      "ŷd#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cnx",
        "3": "eys"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Cornish eys",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "oco",
        "3": "yd"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish yd",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*ɨd"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *ɨd",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸitu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton ed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ioth"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish ioth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ŷd"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh ŷd",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Cornish eys, from Old Cornish yd, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸitu. Cognate with Breton ed, Irish ioth, and Welsh ŷd.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ysen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "ysen",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "collective",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "singulative",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "f",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ys (collective, singulative ysen f)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "col",
        "2": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "ys (collective, singulative ysen f)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "corn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barley, cereals, corn, wheat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barley",
          "barley"
        ],
        [
          "cereal",
          "cereal"
        ],
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ],
        [
          "wheat",
          "wheat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "greunvos"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ys"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Cornish: 'ys du', originally 'ys du'",
  "path": [
    "ys"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ys",
  "trace": ""
}

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