kelyonen vargh

singulative of kelyon margh (“gadflies”)


greun

greunen (singulative)
greun (unmutated)
reun (soft)
kreun

From Proto-Brythonic *grọn, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.


gwels

gwelsen (singulative)
gwels (unmutated)
wels (soft)
kwels
hwels (mixed)
wels (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *gwellt, from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltā.


kolodhyon

kolodhyonen (singulative)
kolodhyn (unmutated)
golodhyn (soft)
holodhyn


kolodhyonen

kolodhyonen (unmutated)
golodhyonen (soft)
holodhyonen


spern gwynn

head

spern gwynn f (singulative spernen wynn)


spern gwydn

spern gwydn f (singulative spernen wydn)


spernen wynn

singulative of spern gwynn (“hawthorns”)


spernen wydn

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of spern gwydn (“hawthorns”)


hernen

singulative of hern (“pilchards, sardines”)


evor

From Proto-Brythonic *eβor, from Proto-Celtic *eburos.


pryv

preves (plural)
prevyon (plural)
pryv (unmutated)
bryv (soft)
fryv

From Middle Cornish pref, from Old Cornish prif, from Proto-Brythonic *prɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrimis.


idhyow

From Proto-Brythonic *eðenn, from Proto-Celtic *edennos, from Proto-Indo-European *pedn̥nos. Compare with Welsh eiddew


morgowles

morgowlesen (singulative)
morgowles (unmutated)
vorgowles (soft)
forgowles (mixed)
vorgowles (after-th mutation-mixed)


brennik

brenigen (singulative)
brennik (unmutated)
vrennik (soft)
prennik
frennik (mixed)
vrennik (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *baranāko, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain, hill”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Compare Breton brennig, Welsh brennig.


brenigen

brenigennow (plural)
brenigen (unmutated)
vrenigen (soft)
prenigen
frenigen (mixed)
vrenigen (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwydhbol

gwydhbol (unmutated)
wydhbol (soft)
kwydhbol
hwydhbol (mixed)
wydhbol (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *gwɨðbuɨll, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). By surface analysis, gwydh (“trees”) + poll (“intelligence, reason”). Compare Breton gwezboell, Welsh gwyddbwyll and also Irish ficheall, Scottish Gaelic fidhcheall, Manx feeal.


medh

medh (unmutated)
vedh (soft)
fedh (mixed)
vedh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *með, from Proto-Celtic *medu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.


keher

keheren (singulative)
keher (unmutated)
geher (soft)
heher


keheren

keheren (unmutated)
geheren (soft)
heheren


meskel

mesklen (singulative)
meskel (unmutated)
veskel (soft)
feskel (mixed)
veskel (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Latin musculus. See Old Cornish mesclen.


mesklen

mesklennow (plural)
mesklen (unmutated)
vesklen (soft)
fesklen (mixed)
vesklen (after-th mutation-mixed)


knofen

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of know (“nuts”)


know dor

head

know dor f (singulative knowen dor or knofen dor)

knowen dor (singulative)
knofen dor (singulative)
know (unmutated)
gnow (soft)
hnow


knofen dor

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of know dor (“peanuts”)


know Frynk

know Frynk f (singulative knowen Frynk or knofen Frenk)

knowen Frynk (singulative)
knofen Frenk (singulative)


knofen Frenk

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of know Frynk (“walnuts”)


derwen

derwennow (plural)
derwen (unmutated)
dherwen (soft)
terwen
terwen (mixed)
terwen (after-th mutation-mixed)


derowen

derowennow (plural)
derowen (unmutated)
dherowen (soft)
terowen
terowen (mixed)
terowen (after-th mutation-mixed)


derow

derowen (singulative)
derwen (singulative)

From Old Cornish dar, from Proto-Brythonic *dar, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru; compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree”).


derow

derowyow (plural)
derow (unmutated)
dherow (soft)
terow
terow (mixed)
terow (after-th mutation-mixed)

Related to Middle Breton dezrou, Welsh dechrau (“start, beginning”), of which the second element could be related to Latin creo (“I grow, give existence to”).


olew

From Proto-Brythonic *olew, from Vulgar Latin *olevum, from Latin oleum (“oil”).


sterednow

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of steren (“star”)


estren

From Middle Cornish estren, from Proto-Brythonic *estrọn, borrowed from Latin extrāneus. Cognate with Breton estren, Welsh estron.


palv

palvow (plural)
palv (unmutated)
balv (soft)
falv


krampoth

krampothen (singulative)
krampoth (unmutated)
grampoth (soft)
hrampoth

Unknown. Cognate with Breton krampouezh and Welsh crampwyth. Related to Welsh crempog and English crumpet.


bilien

biliennow (plural)
bilien (unmutated)
vilien (soft)
pilien
filien (mixed)
vilien (after-th mutation-mixed)


porhel

From Middle Cornish porhel, from Old Cornish porchel, from Proto-Brythonic *porxell, borrowed from Late Latin porcellus, a diminutive of Latin porcus. Cognate with Welsh porchell, Breton porc'hell.


porhellik

porheligow (plural)
porhellik (unmutated)
borhellik (soft)
forhellik


brialli

briallen (singulative)
brialli (unmutated)
vrialli (soft)
prialli
frialli (mixed)
vrialli (after-th mutation-mixed)


logos broas

head

logos broas f (singulative logojen vroas)


gwreydh

From Old Cornish gureiten, from Proto-Celtic *wradios (compare Welsh gwraidd, Breton gwriz), from pre-Celtic *wr̥djo, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.


melhwes

melhwes f (singulative melhwesen or melhwyjen)

melhwesen (singulative)
melhwyjen (singulative)
melhwes (unmutated)
velhwes (soft)
felhwes (mixed)
velhwes (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *meldo- (“pleasant, mild”), *mlido (“soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”).
Compare Breton melw (“snot”)); akin to Breton melc’hwed, Welsh malwod. Also see Gaulish *multon- (“sheep”), which could be related.


melhwesen

singulative of melhwes (“snails; slugs”)


melhwyjen

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of melhwes (“snails; slugs”)


kevnis

kevnisen (singulative)
kevnis (unmutated)
gevnis (soft)
hevnis


gwelen gala

head

gwelen gala f (plural gwelynni kala or gwelydni kala)

gwelynni kala (plural)
gwelydni kala (plural)


gwelynni kala

plural of gwelen gala (“(piece of) straw”)


gwelydni kala

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of gwelen gala (“(piece of) straw”)


kalaven

kalaven f (plural kalavennow or kalavednow)


kalavednow

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of kalaven (“straw”)


linednow

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of linen (“thread”)


neujen

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of neus (“threads”)


losow kegin

losow kegin f (singulative losowen gegin)

[ˌlɔzɔʊ ˈkɛɡɪn]


losowen gegin

singulative of losow kegin (“vegetables”)


lojow debri

lojow debri f (singulative lojowen dhebri)


gwythi

gwythien (singulative)
gwythi (unmutated)
wythi (soft)
kwythi
hwythi (mixed)
wythi (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old Cornish guid, from Proto-Celtic *wēt(t)ā (“swamp, stream”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”), see also Latin viēscō (“wither”), Lithuanian výsti (“wither”), Old High German wesanēn (“wither, wilt”) and Old Norse visna.


gwythien

gwythien (unmutated)
wythien (soft)
kwythien
hwythien (mixed)
wythien (after-th mutation-mixed)


lojowen dhebri

singulative of lojow debri (“vegetables”)


gohi

From Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.


helyk

From Proto-Brythonic *hėlɨg, from Proto-Celtic *salixs, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). Cognate with Welsh helyg, Breton halegen, Irish saileach, Scottish Gaelic seileach, Manx shellagh, Latin salix, Old English sealh and English sallow.


gwivren

gwivrow (plural)
gwivren (unmutated)
wivren (soft)
kwivren
hwivren (mixed)
wivren (after-th mutation-mixed)


debri

debri (unmutated)
dhebri (soft)
tebri
tebri (mixed)
tebri (after-th mutation-mixed)


dybri

dybri (unmutated)
dhybri (soft)
tybri
tybri (mixed)
tybri (after-th mutation-mixed)


kegin

keginow (plural)
kegin (unmutated)
gegin (soft)
hegin

From Middle Cornish cegin, from Old Cornish keghin, from Proto-Brythonic *kėgin (whence also Welsh cegin and Breton kegin), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.


logojen

(Revived Late Cornish) singulative of logos (“mice”)


broas

broas (unmutated)
vroas (soft)
proas
froas (mixed)
vroas (after-th mutation-mixed)


daras

From Middle Cornish daras, from Old Cornish darat, from Proto-Brythonic *drus, from Proto-Celtic *du̯orestu (compare Welsh drws).


darjow

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of daras (“door”)


kadoryow

kadoryow (unmutated)
gadoryow (soft)
hadoryow


morgi

morgeun (plural)
morgi (unmutated)
vorgi (soft)
forgi (mixed)
vorgi (after-th mutation-mixed)


morhogh

morhoghes (plural)
morhogh (unmutated)
vorhogh (soft)
forhogh (mixed)
vorhogh (after-th mutation-mixed)


morhohes

morhohes (unmutated)
vorhohes (soft)
forhohes (mixed)
vorhohes (after-th mutation-mixed)


penncita

Compound of penn (“head”) + cita (“city”)


Pow Frynk

Pow Frynk (unmutated)
Bow Frynk (soft)
Fow Frynk


Pow Frenk

Pow Frenk (unmutated)
Bow Frenk (soft)
Fow Frenk


powyow

plural of pow (“country, land; province, region”)


Pow an Sowson

Pow an Sowson (unmutated)
Bow an Sowson (soft)
Fow an Sowson


Sows

From Middle Cornish Seys (attested in a personal name), from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō. Cognate with Breton Saoz, Welsh Sais.


Sowsnegoryon

plural of Sowsneger (“English-speaker, Anglophone”)


spyrys

head

spyrys m (plural spyrysyon or spyryjyon)

From Proto-Brythonic *spɨrɨd, borrowed from Latin spīritus.


spyryjyon

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of spyrys (“spirit; fairy”)


Frenkek

(Revived Late Cornish) the French language


stevel dhebri

stevel dhebri f (plural stevellow debri)


stevel dhybri

stevel dhybri f (plural stevellow dybri)


stevel wortos

stevel wortos m (plural stevellow gortos)


gortos

From Middle Cornish gortos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor-ati-woseti, from *uɸor- (“over-”) + *ati- (“re-”) + *woseti (“to stay”).


stevellow gortos

plural of stevel wortos (“waiting room”)


esedhvaow

plural of esedhva (“sitting room, living room”)


golhi

From Proto-Celtic *wolk-, from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“wet, damp”). Cognate with Welsh golchi, Breton gwalc'hiñ.


stevel omwolhi

head

stevel omwolhi f (plural stevellow omwolhi)


kig dens

kigyow dens (plural)
kig dens (unmutated)
gig dens (soft)
hig dens


kigyow dens

kigyow dens (unmutated)
gigyow dens (soft)
higyow dens


kigti

kigtiow (plural)
kigti (unmutated)
gigti (soft)
higti


kiger

kigoryon (plural)
kiger (unmutated)
giger (soft)
higer


kig mogh

kig mogh (unmutated)
gig mogh (soft)
hig mogh


kig yar

kig yar (unmutated)
gig yar (soft)
hig yar

From kig (“meat”) + yar (“chicken, hen”)


trehow

plural of tregh (“section, slice, portion”)


kig leugh

kig leugh (unmutated)
gig leugh (soft)
hig leugh


kig bewin

kig bewin (unmutated)
gig bewin (soft)
hig bewin

From kig (“meat”) + bewin (“beef, bovine”).


hil

From Proto-Brythonic *hil, from Proto-Celtic *sīlom.


bleydhes

(Standard Written Form) plural of bleydh


hogednow

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of hogen (“pie”)


jynnys

plural of jynn (“engine, machine, motor”)


Godhal

Godhyli (plural)
Godhal (unmutated)
Wodhal (soft)
Kodhal
Hwodhal (mixed)
Wodhal (after-th mutation-mixed)


Godhales

Godhalesow (plural)
Godhales (unmutated)
Wodhales (soft)
Kodhales
Hwodhales (mixed)
Wodhales (after-th mutation-mixed)


Iwerdhon

From Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū (compare Old Irish Ériu, Irish Éire, Breton Iwerzhon), from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, likely related to *piHwer- (“fat”).


hwegyn

hwegyn m (plural hwegennow or hwegednow)


hwegednow

(Revived Late Cornish) plural of hwegyn (“sweet, candy”)


gwedh krabbys

gwedh krabbys f (singulative gwedhen krabbys)


gwydh krabbys

gwydh krabbys f (singulative gwedhen krabbys)


garan

garanes (plural)
garan (unmutated)
aran (soft)
karan
haran (mixed)
haran (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *garan, from Proto-Celtic *garanos (“crane”).


margh

mergh (plural)
margh (unmutated)
vargh (soft)
fargh (mixed)
vargh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *marx, from Proto-Celtic *markos.


Kernowek

(Unified Cornish Revised, Standard Written Form, Standard Cornish) the Cornish language


gwern

gwern m (singulative gwernen, plural gwernennow or gwernednow)

gwernen (singulative)
gwernennow (plural)
gwernednow (plural)
gwern (unmutated)
wern (soft)
kwern
hwern (mixed)
wern (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old Cornish guern, from Proto-Brythonic *gwern, from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Gaulish uerna, Old Irish fern and French vergne).

(collective) alder
swamp, marsh, marshland


prys

From Old Cornish prit, from Proto-Brythonic *prɨd.


gevell

gevellas (plural)
gevell (unmutated)
evell (soft)
kevell
hevell (mixed)
hevell (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *geβ̃ell, from Latin gemellus. Compare Welsh gefell and Breton gevell.


gor-

From Proto-Brythonic *gwor-, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor-, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Welsh gor- and Breton gour-.


myghternes

myghternesow (plural)
myghternes (unmutated)
vyghternes (soft)
fyghternes (mixed)
vyghternes (after-th mutation-mixed)


cussyn

cussyn m (plural cussynnow or cussydnow)


kussyn

kussyn m (plural kussynnow or kussydnow)


kawn

kawnow (plural)
kawn (unmutated)
gawn (soft)
hawn

(by extension) glacial trough, U-shaped valley


gwreg

gwragedh (plural)
gwreg (unmutated)
wreg (soft)
kwreg
hwreg (mixed)
wreg (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old Cornish grueg, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėg.


kuntilow

From kuntell (“album”) and ilow (“music”). First used in 2008.


kowan

kowannow (plural)
kowan (unmutated)
gowan (soft)
howan


nev

From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Breton neñv, Welsh nef and Irish neamh.


bewin

bewin (unmutated)
vewin (soft)
pewin
fewin (mixed)
vewin (after-th mutation-mixed)


hwi

From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Welsh chi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

(Standard Written Form) you (formal or plural)


reun

Cognate with Breton reunig, Irish rón, Scottish Gaelic ròn, Manx raun.


reun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


besow

besowen (singulative)
besow (unmutated)
vesow (soft)
pesow
fesow (mixed)
vesow (after-th mutation-mixed)


pob

From Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Old Irish cách), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-; cognate with Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”) and Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).


dewi

From Proto-Celtic *dauyeti. Brythonic cognates are Breton deviñ, Welsh deifio, and Goidelic cognates are Irish dóigh (“burn”), Scottish Gaelic dòth and Manx daah.


peryl

peryllyow (plural)
peryl (unmutated)
beryl (soft)
feryl


flogh

From Old Cornish floh. Possibly from Old High German flōh flea but the irregular plural suggests a Celtic origin. Cognate with Breton floc'h.


enys

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs, from Proto-Celtic *enistī.


benyn

benenes (plural)
benyn (unmutated)
venyn (soft)
penyn
fenyn (mixed)
venyn (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.


dedh

dedhyow (plural)
dedh (unmutated)
dhedh (soft)
tedh
tedh (mixed)
tedh (after-th mutation-mixed)


kollel

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (compare Welsh cylell, Breton kontell), borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cultellus.


bledhen

head

bledhen f (plural bledhynnyow or bledhennyow)

bledhynnyow (plural)
bledhennyow (plural)

From Old Cornish bliþen, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak. See also Lithuanian blaĩvas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.
Celtic cognates include Welsh blwydd, Breton blizenn, Old Irish blíadain, Cornish bloth, Breton bloaz; Old Breton blened, Welsh blynedd.


kronek

From Middle Cornish cronek, from Old Cornish croinoc, derived from croin + -ek, equivalent to kroghen + -ek. Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as rubēta.


kronek

kronoges (plural)
kronogow (plural)
kronek (unmutated)
gronek (soft)


diwla

diwla (unmutated)
dhiwla (soft)
tiwla
tiwla (mixed)
tiwla (after-th mutation-mixed)


dewlin

dewlin (unmutated)
dhewlin (soft)
tewlin
tewlin (mixed)
tewlin (after-th mutation-mixed)


diwvron

diwvronn (unmutated)
dhiwvronn (soft)
tiwvronn
tiwvronn (mixed)
tiwvronn (after-th mutation-mixed)


merkuri

merkuri (unmutated)
verkuri (soft)
ferkuri (mixed)
verkuri (after-th mutation-mixed)


dyw

dyw (unmutated)
dhyw (soft)
tyw
tyw (mixed)
tyw (after-th mutation-mixed)


tewal

From Middle Cornish teul, from Old Cornish tiwoulgou, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨβ̃uɨl, from Proto-Celtic *temeslos, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-.


loor

From Old Cornish luir, from Proto-Brythonic *lloɨr, from Proto-Celtic *lugrā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Breton loar and Welsh lloer.


brith

brith (unmutated)
vrith (soft)
prith
frith (mixed)
vrith (after-th mutation-mixed)


grug

head

grug m or m pl (plural grugow, singulative gruglon)

grugow (plural)
gruglon (singulative)
grug (unmutated)
wrug (soft)
krug
hwrug (mixed)
wrug (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source.
Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).


dâ

From Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Irish dea-).


manek

From Latin manica. Cognate with Welsh maneg


kenn

kennow (plural)
kenn (unmutated)
genn (soft)
henn

From Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”).


cowethas

Cowethas Kelto-Kernuak: the Celtic-Cornish Society


dager

tear (drop of liquid produced by the eye)


parth

From Proto-Brythonic *parθ, from Latin pars.


glasrudh

glasrudh (unmutated)
lasrudh (soft)
klasrudh

glasrudh:


arghans

From Old Cornish argans, from Proto-Celtic *argantom (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”).


owr

From Proto-Brythonic *awr, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin aurum. Compare Welsh awr, aur, Breton aour.


ꝑ

privecter → ꝑvecter (“privacy”)

(obsolete, siglum) Scribal abbreviation of ⟨pri⟩.


Krist

From Ecclesiastical Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), in translation of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”). Cognate to Welsh Crist and Breton Krist.


dehen molys

dehen molys (unmutated)
dhehen molys (soft)
tehen molys
tehen molys (mixed)
tehen molys (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwerthji

[ˈɡwɛrθd͡ʒi]


Almayn

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


'th

your (informal second person singular possessive determiner)


'th

you (informal second person singular pronoun)


trenkles

trenkles (unmutated)
drenkles (soft)
threnkles


a-barth a-woles

[əˌbærʰ əˈwʊlɐz]


amal

border, edge, margin, verge, side, periphery


brâs

brâs (unmutated)
vrâs (soft)
prâs
frâs (mixed)
vrâs (after-th mutation-mixed)


barvus

barvusi (plural)
barvuji (plural)
barvus (unmutated)
varvus (soft)
parvus
farvus (mixed)
varvus (after-th mutation-mixed)


divarva

divarva (unmutated)
dhivarva (soft)
tivarva
tivarva (mixed)
tivarva (after-th mutation-mixed)


omdhivarva

[ɔmðɪˈvɒrvɐ]


esedhvos

From esedha (“sitting”) + bos (“being”), a calque of Welsh eisteddfod (“session”).


prenn

From Proto-Brythonic *prenn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷresnom. Cognate with Welsh pren.


whegh

From Proto-Brythonic *hwex, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.


aluminiom

[ˌælɪʊˈmɪnjɐm]


gwag

From Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).


godhvos

Pres-fut (indicative)
Pres-fut (conditional)
gonn (first-person indicative singular)
godhyen (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
godhvev (first-person indicative preterite singular)
godhvien (conditional first-person indicative singular)
godhviv (first-person singular subjunctive)
godhven (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
godhes (indicative second-person singular)
godhyes (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
godhves (indicative preterite second-person singular)
godhvies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
godhvi (second-person singular subjunctive)
godhves (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gor (imperative second-person singular)
godhvydh (imperative second-person singular)
gor (indicative singular third-person)
godhya (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
godhva (indicative preterite singular third-person)
godhvia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
godhvo (singular subjunctive third-person)
godhva (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
godhvedhes (imperative singular third-person)
godhon (first-person indicative plural)
godhyen (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
godhven (first-person indicative plural preterite)
godhvien (conditional first-person indicative plural)
godhvyn (first-person plural subjunctive)
godhven (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
godhvedhyn (first-person imperative plural)
godhowgh (indicative plural second-person)
godhyewgh (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
godhvewgh (indicative plural preterite second-person)
godhviewgh (conditional indicative plural second-person)
godhvowgh (plural second-person subjunctive)
godhvewgh (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
godhvedhewgh (imperative plural second-person)
godhons (indicative plural third-person)
godhyens (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
godhvens (indicative plural preterite third-person)
godhviens (conditional indicative plural third-person)
godhvons (plural subjunctive third-person)
godhvens (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
godhvedhens (imperative plural third-person)
godhor (indicative)
godhyes (imperfect indicative)
godhves (indicative preterite)
godhvies (conditional indicative)
godher (subjunctive)
godhves (imperfect subjunctive)
ow kodhvos (participle present)
Verbal adjective: godhvedhys (participle present)
godhvos (unmutated)
wodhvos (soft)
kodhvos
hwodhvos (mixed)
wodhvos (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old Cornish *godbod. Originally a compound of bos (“to be”) with an adjective derived from Proto-Celtic *wid-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Breton gouzout and Welsh gwybod.


gwul

Pres-fut (indicative)
Pres-fut (conditional)
gwrav vy (first-person indicative singular)
gwren vy (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gwrug vy (first-person indicative preterite singular)
gwrugav vy (first-person indicative preterite singular)
gwrussen vy (conditional first-person indicative singular)
gwrylliv vy (first-person singular subjunctive)
gwrellen vy (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gwredh jy (indicative second-person singular)
gwre'ta (indicative second-person singular)
gwres jy (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gwrugys jy (indicative preterite second-person singular)
gwruss'ta (indicative preterite second-person singular)
gwrusses jy (conditional indicative second-person singular)
gwrylli jy (second-person singular subjunctive)
gwrelles jy (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gwra (imperative second-person singular)
gwra ev (indicative singular third-person)
gwre ev (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gwrug ev (indicative preterite singular third-person)
gwrussa ev (conditional indicative singular third-person)
gwrello ev (singular subjunctive third-person)
gwrella ev (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gwres (imperative singular third-person)
gwren ni (first-person indicative plural)
gwren ni (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gwrussyn ni (first-person indicative plural preterite)
gwrussen ni (conditional first-person indicative plural)
gwryllyn ni (first-person plural subjunctive)
gwrellen ni (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gwren (first-person imperative plural)
gwrewgh hwi (indicative plural second-person)
gwrewgh hwi (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gwrussowgh hwi (indicative plural preterite second-person)
gwrussewgh hwi (conditional indicative plural second-person)
gwryllowgh hwi (plural second-person subjunctive)
gwrellewgh hwi (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gwrewgh (imperative plural second-person)
gwrons i (indicative plural third-person)
gwrens i (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gwrussons i (indicative plural preterite third-person)
gwrussens i (conditional indicative plural third-person)
gwrellons i (plural subjunctive third-person)
gwrellens i (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
gwrens (imperative plural third-person)
gwrer (indicative)
gwres (imperfect indicative)
gwrug (indicative preterite)
gwrussys (conditional indicative)
gwreller (subjunctive)
gwrellys (imperfect subjunctive)
ow kwul (participle present)
Verbal adjective: gwrys (participle present)
gwul (unmutated)
wul (soft)
kwul
hwul (mixed)
wul (after-th mutation-mixed)

Inflected forms in gwr- are from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėɣɨd, from Proto-Celtic *wregeti, cognate with Welsh gwneud (older forms with initial gwr-) and Breton ober (all forms in g(w)r-).


mynnes

Pres-fut (indicative)
Pres-fut (conditional)
mynnav vy (first-person indicative singular)
mynnen vy (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mynnis vy (first-person indicative preterite singular)
mynsen vy (conditional first-person indicative singular)
mynniv vy (first-person singular subjunctive)
mynnen vy (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mynnydh jy (indicative second-person singular)
mynnes jy (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mynsys jy (indicative preterite second-person singular)
mynses jy (conditional indicative second-person singular)
mynni jy (second-person singular subjunctive)
mynnes jy (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mynn (imperative second-person singular)
mynn ev (indicative singular third-person)
mynna ev (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mynnas ev (indicative preterite singular third-person)
mynsa ev (conditional indicative singular third-person)
mynno ev (singular subjunctive third-person)
mynna ev (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mynnes (imperative singular third-person)
mynnyn ni (first-person indicative plural)
mynnen ni (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mynsyn ni (first-person indicative plural preterite)
mynsen ni (conditional first-person indicative plural)
mynnyn ni (first-person plural subjunctive)
mynnen ni (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mynnyn (first-person imperative plural)
mynnowgh hwi (indicative plural second-person)
mynnewgh hwi (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mynsowgh hwi (indicative plural preterite second-person)
mynsewgh hwi (conditional indicative plural second-person)
mynnowgh hwi (plural second-person subjunctive)
mynnewgh hwi (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mynnowgh (imperative plural second-person)
mynnons i (indicative plural third-person)
mynnens i (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mynsons i (indicative plural preterite third-person)
mynsens i (conditional indicative plural third-person)
mynnons i (plural subjunctive third-person)
mynnens i (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mynnens (imperative plural third-person)
mynnir (indicative)
mynnes (imperfect indicative)
mynsys (indicative preterite)
mynses (conditional indicative)
mynner (subjunctive)
mynnys (imperfect subjunctive)
ow mynnes (participle present)
Verbal adjective: mynnys (participle present)
mynnes (unmutated)
vynnes (soft)
fynnes (mixed)
vynnes (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old Cornish *mynnet, from Proto-Brythonic *mennɨd.


gweles

Pres-fut (indicative)
Pres-fut (conditional)
gwelav (first-person indicative singular)
gwelen (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gwelis (first-person indicative preterite singular)
gwelsen (conditional first-person indicative singular)
gwylliv (first-person singular subjunctive)
gwellen (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gwelydh (indicative second-person singular)
gweles (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gwylsys (indicative preterite second-person singular)
gwelses (conditional indicative second-person singular)
gwylli (second-person singular subjunctive)
gwelles (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gwel (imperative second-person singular)
gwel (indicative singular third-person)
gwela (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gweli (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gwelas (indicative preterite singular third-person)
gwelsa (conditional indicative singular third-person)
gwello (singular subjunctive third-person)
gwella (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gweles (imperative singular third-person)
gwelyn (first-person indicative plural)
gwelen (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gwylsyn (first-person indicative plural preterite)
gwelsen (conditional first-person indicative plural)
gwyllyn (first-person plural subjunctive)
gwellen (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gwelyn (first-person imperative plural)
gwelowgh (indicative plural second-person)
gwelewgh (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gwylsowgh (indicative plural preterite second-person)
gwelsewgh (conditional indicative plural second-person)
gwyllowgh (plural second-person subjunctive)
gwellewgh (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gwelewgh (imperative plural second-person)
gwelons (indicative plural third-person)
gwelens (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gwelsons (indicative plural preterite third-person)
gwelsens (conditional indicative plural third-person)
gwellons (plural subjunctive third-person)
gwellens (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
gwelens (imperative plural third-person)
gwelir (indicative)
gweles (imperfect indicative)
gwelas (indicative preterite)
gwelsys (conditional indicative)
gweller (subjunctive)
gwellys (imperfect subjunctive)
ow kweles (participle present)
Verbal adjective: gwelys (participle present)
gweles (unmutated)
weles (soft)
kweles
hweles (mixed)
weles (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *gwelɨd, from Proto-Celtic *weleti (“to see”).
Cognate with Breton gwelet and Welsh gweld.


kavos

Present- (conditional future imperfect present preterite)
future (conditional future imperfect present preterite)
y'm beus (first-person indicative present singular)
y'm bo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
y'm beu (first-person indicative preterite singular)
y'm bedha (conditional first-person indicative singular)
y'm bydh (first-person future indicative singular)
y'm bo (first-person singular subjunctive)
y'm be (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
y'th eus (indicative present second-person singular)
y'th o (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
y' feu (indicative preterite second-person singular)
y' fedha (conditional indicative second-person singular)
y' fydh (future indicative second-person singular)
y' fo (second-person singular subjunctive)
y' fe (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
y'n jeves (indicative present singular third-person)
y'n jevo (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
y'n jeva (indicative preterite singular third-person)
y'n jevedha (conditional indicative singular third-person)
y'n jevydh (future indicative singular third-person)
y'n jeffo (singular subjunctive third-person)
y'n jeffa (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
y's teves (indicative present singular third-person)
y's jeves (indicative present singular third-person)
y's tevo (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
y's jevo (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
y's teva (indicative preterite singular third-person)
y's jeva (indicative preterite singular third-person)
y's tevedha (conditional indicative singular third-person)
y's jevedha (conditional indicative singular third-person)
y's tevydh (future indicative singular third-person)
y's jevydh (future indicative singular third-person)
y's teffo (singular subjunctive third-person)
y's jeffo (singular subjunctive third-person)
y's teffa (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
y's jeffa (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
y'gan beus (first-person indicative plural present)
y'gan bo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
y'gan beu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
y'gan bedha (conditional first-person indicative plural)
y'gan bydh (first-person future indicative plural)
y'gan bo (first-person plural subjunctive)
y'gan be (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
y'gas beus (indicative plural present second-person)
y'gas bo (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
y'gas beu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
y'gas bedha (conditional indicative plural second-person)
y'gas bydh (future indicative plural second-person)
y'gas bo (plural second-person subjunctive)
y'gas be (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
y's teves (indicative plural present third-person)
y's tevo (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
y's teva (indicative plural preterite third-person)
y's tevedha (conditional indicative plural third-person)
y's tevydh (future indicative plural third-person)
y's teffo (plural subjunctive third-person)
y's teffa (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ow kavos (participle present)
Verbal adjective: (not used) (participle present)

From the verb to find below (see Etymology 2). Similar to Breton kaout from kavout.


kavos

Pres-fut (indicative)
Pres-fut (conditional)
kavav (first-person indicative singular)
kaven (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
kevis (first-person indicative preterite singular)
kavsen (conditional first-person indicative singular)
kyffiv (first-person singular subjunctive)
kaffen (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
kevydh (indicative second-person singular)
kaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
kevsys (indicative preterite second-person singular)
kavses (conditional indicative second-person singular)
kyffi (second-person singular subjunctive)
kaffes (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
kav (imperative second-person singular)
kav (indicative singular third-person)
kava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
kavas (indicative preterite singular third-person)
kavsa (conditional indicative singular third-person)
kaffo (singular subjunctive third-person)
kaffa (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
kaves (imperative singular third-person)
kevyn (first-person indicative plural)
kaven (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
kevsyn (first-person indicative plural preterite)
kavsen (conditional first-person indicative plural)
keffyn (first-person plural subjunctive)
kaffen (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
kevyn (first-person imperative plural)
kevowgh (indicative plural second-person)
kavewgh (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
kevsowgh (indicative plural preterite second-person)
kavsewgh (conditional indicative plural second-person)
keffowgh (plural second-person subjunctive)
kaffewgh (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
kevowgh (imperative plural second-person)
kavons (indicative plural third-person)
kavens (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
kevsons (indicative plural preterite third-person)
kavsens (conditional indicative plural third-person)
kaffons (plural subjunctive third-person)
kaffens (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
kavens (imperative plural third-person)
kevir (indicative)
kaves (imperfect indicative)
kavas (indicative preterite)
kavsys (conditional indicative)
kyffer (subjunctive)
kaffys (imperfect subjunctive)
ow kavos (participle present)
Verbal adjective: kevys (participle present)
kavos (unmutated)
gavos (soft)
havos

From Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (“to take”). Cognate with Breton kavout and the forms of Welsh cael with an -f- or -ff-.


torth

From Proto-Brythonic *torθ, borrowed from Late Latin torta.


kolom

kelemmi (plural)
kolom (unmutated)
golom (soft)
holom

From Proto-Brythonic *kolom, from Latin columba. Cognate with Welsh colomen.


Ostrali

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


pras

bras (unmutated)
vras (soft)
pras
fras (mixed)
vras (after-th mutation-mixed)


kolyn

kelyn (plural)
kolyn (unmutated)
golyn (soft)
holyn

From Old Cornish coloin from Proto-Brythonic *koluɨn, from Proto-Celtic *kolignos. Compare with Breton kolen.


trongornvil

trongornviles (plural)
trongornvil (unmutated)
drongornvil (soft)
throngornvil

tron (“nose”) + korn (“horn”) + mil (“animal”).


sagh

Borrowed from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic.


morvleydh

morvleydhes (plural)
morvleydh (unmutated)
vorvleydh (soft)
forvleydh (mixed)
vorvleydh (after-th mutation-mixed)


dydh

dedhyow (plural)
dydh (unmutated)
dhydh (soft)
tydh
tydh (mixed)
tydh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Middle Cornish dyth, from Old Cornish det, from Proto-Celtic *dyīus (compare Welsh dydd, Breton deiz, Old Irish día), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws, *dyew- (compare Latin diēs).


lowen

From Middle Cornish lowen, from Old Cornish louen, from Proto-Brythonic *llowen, from Proto-Celtic *lowenos. Cognate with Breton laouen, Welsh llawen.


Kernûak

(Revived Late Cornish) the Cornish language


kreslu

Calque of Welsh heddlu. By surface analysis, kres (“peace”) + lu (“troop”).


gwithyas kres

head

gwithyas kres m (plural gwithysi kres, gwithyji kres)


kreswas

Calque of Welsh heddwas. By surface analysis, kres (“peace”) + gwas (“chap, guy”).


karr

kerri (plural)
karr (unmutated)
garr (soft)
harr

From Proto-Brythonic *karr, from Proto-Celtic *karros.


Jago

a male given name, equivalent to English James


kwilkyn

kwilkynyow (plural)
kwilkyn (unmutated)
gwilkyn (soft)
hwilkyn


kwilkynyow

kwilkynyow (unmutated)
gwilkynyow (soft)
hwilkynyow


troos

treysi (plural)
troos (unmutated)
droos (soft)
throos


dewdros

dewdros (unmutated)
dhewdros (soft)
tewdros
tewdros (mixed)
tewdros (after-th mutation-mixed)


garr

diwar (dual)
garrow (plural)
garr (unmutated)
arr (soft)
karr
harr (mixed)
harr (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *garrā (compare Gaulish *garra), which is of uncertain origin; possibly sharing a Pre-Greek / substrate origin with Ancient Greek ἄκαρα (ákara, “leg, shank”).


diwar

diwar (unmutated)
dhiwar (soft)
tiwar
tiwar (mixed)
tiwar (after-th mutation-mixed)


garrow

garrow (unmutated)
arrow (soft)
karrow
harrow (mixed)
harrow (after-th mutation-mixed)


diwvregh

diwvregh (unmutated)
dhiwvregh (soft)
tiwvregh
tiwvregh (mixed)
tiwvregh (after-th mutation-mixed)


brehow

brehow (unmutated)
vrehow (soft)
prehow
frehow (mixed)
vrehow (after-th mutation-mixed)


skovarn

head

skovarn f (dual diwskovarn, plural skovornow)

From Middle Cornish scovarn, scovern, scovorn, from Old Cornish scouarn, from Proto-Brythonic *skuβarn. Cognate with Breton skouarn, archaic Welsh ysgyfarn.


diwskovarn

diwskovarn (unmutated)
dhiwskovarn (soft)
tiwskovarn
tiwskovarn (mixed)
tiwskovarn (after-th mutation-mixed)


glinyow

glinyow (unmutated)
linyow (soft)
klinyow


bronnow

bronnow (unmutated)
vronnow (soft)
pronnow
fronnow (mixed)
vronnow (after-th mutation-mixed)


dewdhorn

dewdhorn (unmutated)
dhewdhorn (soft)
tewdhorn
tewdhorn (mixed)
tewdhorn (after-th mutation-mixed)


gosow

gosow (unmutated)
wosow (soft)
kosow
hwosow (mixed)
wosow (after-th mutation-mixed)


dewfrik

dewfrik (unmutated)
dhewfrik (soft)
tewfrik
tewfrik (mixed)
tewfrik (after-th mutation-mixed)


gweus

diwweus (dual)
gweusyow (plural)
gweus (unmutated)
weus (soft)
kweus
hweus (mixed)
weus (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *webussu (compare Breton gweuz, Welsh gwefus), compound of *we- and Proto-Celtic *bussu (“lip”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bus, Old Irish busóc (“kiss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bus- (“to kiss”) (compare Latin bāsium (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti, Albanian buzë (“mouth”), Persian بوسیدن (bôsidan, “to kiss”)).


diwweus

diwweus (unmutated)
dhiwweus (soft)
tiwweus
tiwweus (mixed)
tiwweus (after-th mutation-mixed)


gweusyow

gweusyow (unmutated)
weusyow (soft)
kweusyow
hweusyow (mixed)
weusyow (after-th mutation-mixed)


bohow

bohow (unmutated)
vohow (soft)
pohow
fohow (mixed)
vohow (after-th mutation-mixed)


diwvogh

diwvogh (unmutated)
dhiwvogh (soft)
tiwvogh
tiwvogh (mixed)
tiwvogh (after-th mutation-mixed)


bogh

diwvogh (dual)
bohow (plural)
bogh (unmutated)
vogh (soft)
pogh
fogh (mixed)
vogh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *box, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Welsh boch (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).


skoodh

head

skoodh f (dual diwskodh, plural skodhow)

From Old Cornish scuid, from Proto-Brythonic *skuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *skeidā, cognate with Welsh ysgwydd (“shoulder”), Breton skoaz (“shoulder”), and Old Irish scíath (“wing”)).


diwskodh

diwskodh (unmutated)
dhiwskodh (soft)
tiwskodh
tiwskodh (mixed)
tiwskodh (after-th mutation-mixed)


kaselyow

kaselyow (unmutated)
gaselyow (soft)
haselyow


diwgasel

diwgasel (unmutated)
dhiwgasel (soft)
tiwgasel
tiwgasel (mixed)
tiwgasel (after-th mutation-mixed)


kasel

kasel f (dual diwgasel, plural kaselyow)

diwgasel (dual)
kaselyow (plural)
kasel (unmutated)
gasel (soft)
hasel


konna bregh

konna bregh m (dual dewgonna bregh, plural konaow bregh)

dewgonna bregh (dual)
konaow bregh (plural)
konna bregh (unmutated)
gonna bregh (soft)
honna bregh


dewgonna bregh

dewgonna bregh (unmutated)
dhewgonna bregh (soft)
tewgonna bregh
tewgonna bregh (mixed)
tewgonna bregh (after-th mutation-mixed)


konaow bregh

konaow bregh (unmutated)
gonaow bregh (soft)
honaow bregh


dew-

Prefix used in forming the dual number of masculine singular nouns.


diw-

Prefix used in forming the dual number of feminine singular nouns.


dewelin

dewelin (unmutated)
dhewelin (soft)
tewelin
tewelin (mixed)
tewelin (after-th mutation-mixed)


klun

diwglun (dual)
klunyow (plural)
klun (unmutated)
glun (soft)
hlun


diwglun

diwglun (unmutated)
dhiwglun (soft)
tiwglun
tiwglun (mixed)
tiwglun (after-th mutation-mixed)


klunyow

klunyow (unmutated)
glunyow (soft)
hlunyow


pedren

pedren f (dual diwbedren, plural pedrennow)

diwbedren (dual)
pedrennow (plural)
pedren (unmutated)
bedren (soft)
fedren


pedrennow

pedrennow (unmutated)
bedrennow (soft)
fedrennow


diwgell

diwgell (unmutated)
dhiwgell (soft)
tiwgell
tiwgell (mixed)
tiwgell (after-th mutation-mixed)


kellyow

kellyow (unmutated)
gellyow (soft)
hellyow


ufern

ufern m (dual dewufern, plural ufernyow)


dewufern

dewufern (unmutated)
dhewufern (soft)
tewufern
tewufern (mixed)
tewufern (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwewen

gwewen f (dual diwwewen, plural gwewennow)

diwwewen (dual)
gwewennow (plural)
gwewen (unmutated)
wewen (soft)
kwewen
hwewen (mixed)
wewen (after-th mutation-mixed)


diwwewen

diwwewen (unmutated)
dhiwwewen (soft)
tiwwewen
tiwwewen (mixed)
tiwwewen (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwewennow

gwewennow (unmutated)
wewennow (soft)
kwewennow
hwewennow (mixed)
wewennow (after-th mutation-mixed)


seudhel

seudhel m (dual dewseudhel, plural seudhelyow)

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *stātlā or *stādlā (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tleh₂ or *stéh₂dʰleh₂ (“that which is used for standing”) respectively, from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-tleh₂/*-dʰleh₂ (instrument noun suffix). Cognate with Welsh sawdl, Middle Breton seuzl, Irish sáil, Scottish Gaelic sàil and Manx saayl.


godhan

godhanes (plural)
godhan (unmutated)
wodhan (soft)
kodhan
hwodhan (mixed)
wodhan (after-th mutation-mixed)

Unknown. Seemingly related to Welsh gwyddon.


tykki Duw nos

tykki Duw nos m (plural tykkiow Duw nos or tykki Duwes nos)

tykkiow Duw nos (plural)
tykki Duwes nos (plural)
tykki Duw nos (unmutated)
dykki Duw nos (soft)
thykki Duw nos

[ˌtɪkˑiˌdyˑʊ ˈnɔːz]

From tykki Duw (“butterfly”) + nos (“night”).


godhanes

godhanes (unmutated)
wodhanes (soft)
kodhanes
hwodhanes (mixed)
wodhanes (after-th mutation-mixed)


tykkiow Duw nos

tykkiow Duw nos (unmutated)
dykkiow Duw nos (soft)
thykkiow Duw nos


tykki Duwes nos

tykki Duwes nos (unmutated)
dykki Duwes nos (soft)
thykki Duwes nos


tykki Duw

tykki Duw m (plural tykkiow Duw or tykki Duwes)

tykkiow Duw (plural)
tykki Duwes (plural)
tykki Duw (unmutated)
dykki Duw (soft)
thykki Duw

From tykki (“pretty thing”) + Duw (“God”).


tykki Duwes

tykki Duwes (unmutated)
dykki Duwes (soft)
thykki Duwes


tykkiow Duw

tykkiow Duw (unmutated)
dykkiow Duw (soft)
thykkiow Duw


tronow

tronow (unmutated)
dronow (soft)
thronow


tronyow

tronyow (unmutated)
dronyow (soft)
thronyow


pyffyer

pyffyers (plural)
pyffyer (unmutated)
byffyer (soft)
fyffyer


pyffyers

pyffyers (unmutated)
byffyers (soft)
fyffyers


skaw

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], related to Welsh ysgaw, Middle Breton scau, modern Breton skav, but of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *skātu (“shadow”), which gave the similar Middle Welsh ysgawd (“shade”).


mosek

From Proto-Celtic *mussos (“dirty”) + -ek.


Emireythow Unys Arabek

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


kamm

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. Cognate with Welsh cam and Irish cam


kamm

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman. Cognate with Welsh cam


unn

From Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Breton unan, Manx unnane.


ilow

Coined in the 1920s for use in revived Cornish, based on a misinterpretation of a word referring to a type of mist (lugh in modern orthography, called muzzick in English), mistakenly connected to Welsh lew.


broweghyas

broweghysi (plural)
broweghyas (unmutated)
vroweghyas (soft)
proweghyas
froweghyas (mixed)
vroweghyas (after-th mutation-mixed)


broweghyades

broweghyadesow (plural)
broweghyades (unmutated)
vroweghyades (soft)
proweghyades
froweghyades (mixed)
vroweghyades (after-th mutation-mixed)

broweghi (“terrorise”) + -yas (“-er”) + -es (“-es”)


maghteth

head

maghteth f (plural maghtythyon or maghtethyon)

maghtythyon (plural)
maghtethyon (plural)


melynrudh

melynrudh (unmutated)
velynrudh (soft)
felynrudh (mixed)
velynrudh (after-th mutation-mixed)

melynrudh:


kigliw

kigliw:


rudhlas

rudhlas:


adhyskonydh

/aðɪsˈkɔnɪð/

A teacher or instructor of children; a pedagogue.


adhyskans

The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.


adhyskoniethel

/aðɪsˈkɔniˈɛθɛl/


adhyskonieth

/aðɪsˈkɔniˈɛθ/

The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.


glawlen

glawlennow (plural)
glawlen (unmutated)
lawlen (soft)
klawlen


kantol

kantolyow (plural)
kantol (unmutated)
gantol (soft)
hantol

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cantēlla, from Latin candēla.


kantolyow

kantolyow (unmutated)
gantolyow (soft)
hantolyow


kantolbren

kantolbrennyer (plural)
kantolbrenn (unmutated)
gantolbrenn (soft)
hantolbrenn


kantolbrennyer

kantolbrennyer (unmutated)
gantolbrennyer (soft)
hantolbrennyer


koltrebyn

koltrebynnyer (plural)
koltrebyn (unmutated)
goltrebyn (soft)
holtrebyn


koltrebynnyer

koltrebynnyer (unmutated)
goltrebynnyer (soft)
holtrebynnyer


kellgowser

[kɛlˈɡɔʊzɛr]

[kəlˈɡɔʊzɐr]


pellgowsel

[pɛlˈɡɔʊzɛl]

pell (“far”) + kows (“speech”) + -el (“instrument”)

compound

(Revived Middle Cornish) mobile phone, cell phone


Yow

From Proto-Brythonic *Yow, from Latin Iovem (accusative of Iuppiter), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“sky”). Compare Breton Yaou, Welsh Iau.

der

accusative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">Iuppiter</i>


nowydh

From Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

(Common Cornish, Standard Written Form) new


abarth awoles

[əˈbærθ əˈwɔləs]

[əˈbɑrɹ̥ əˈwɔləz]


aberveth

(Standard Cornish) inner, interior, internal


aberveth

(Standard Cornish) indoors, inside, internally, inwards


acordya

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) to agree


addya

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) to add


ader dro

/ˈædəɹ dɹoː/

(Standard Cornish) around, about (from place to place)


adermyn

(Standard Cornish) in time, on time, punctually


adhelergh

(Standard Cornish) aft, at the back, behind


adro dhe

(Standard Cornish) around, about (in a circle around, on every side of)

(Standard Cornish) about, concerning, regarding


udn

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) one (used before nouns)


ahës

(Standard Cornish) along (by the length of; parallel to the length of)


alwheth

(Standard Cornish) key (device to open and close locks)


amanyn

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) butter (dairy product)


jyn

(Standard Cornish) device, engine, machine, motor


jyn tedna

/ˌd͡ʒɪnˈteᵈnə/


jyn tenna

/ˌd͡ʒɪnˈteᵈnə/


tenna

to pull (apply force to something so that it comes towards the one applying the force)


tedna

From Middle Cornish tenna, tenne, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨnnɨd, either from Latin tendō or from a Proto-Celtic cognate of it; either way from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“stretch, extend”). Cognate with Welsh tynnu (“to pull”), Old Breton tinsit (“scattered, strewed”), Middle Breton tennaff, Modern Breton tennañ, Old Irish tendaid (“to press”).


mis Genver

Previous: mis Kevardhu. Next: mis Whevrel.


Whevrel

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) February


Gortheren

From gorfenna (“finish”) + hav (“summer”), cognate with Welsh Gorffennaf.


Gortheren

Gortheren (unmutated)
Wortheren (soft)
Kortheren
Hwortheren (mixed)
Wortheren (after-th mutation-mixed)


Gorefen

Possibly "end of summer" (compare with Welsh Gorffennaf with the same meaning).


mis Du

Previous: mis Hedra. Next: mis Kevardhu.


tredhek

tredhek (unmutated)
dredhek (soft)
thredhek

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) thirteen


ugans

Previous: nawnjek. Next: onen warn ugens.


Australya

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Grêk

(Standard Cornish) Greek (person from Greece)


Nadelyk

(Standard Cornish) Christmas (Christian holiday)


Arwednak

Falmouth (a harbour town in Cornwall, United Kingdom)


Asvens

Advent (period between Advent Sunday and Christmas)


De Halan Gwâv

(Standard Cornish) All Saints' Day (Christian feast day on 1st November)


gwâv

From Old Cornish goyf, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-. Celtic cognates include Breton goañv, Welsh gaeaf, Old Irish gam (Irish geimhreadh). Indo-European cognates include Latin hiems, Ancient Greek χεῖμα (kheîma), Old Church Slavonic зима (zima), Sanskrit हिम (hima).


kydnyaf

(Standard Cornish) autumn, fall (season)


hâv

From Old Cornish haf, from Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *samos, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-.


gwaynten

From Proto-Brythonic *gwehantuɨn (compare Welsh gwanwyn), enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesantos, oblique case of *wesr- (compare Irish earrach), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin vēr, Lithuanian vãsara, Polish wiosna, Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”, adverb)).


whereth

(Standard Cornish) plural of whor (“sister”)


Trûrû

(Standard Cornish) Truro (a city in Cornwall, United Kingdom)


scovarnak

(Standard Cornish) hare (herbivorous mammal)


bledhynnyow

(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) plural of bledhen


dywvregh

dywvregh (unmutated)
dhywvregh (soft)
tywvregh
tywvregh (mixed)
tywvregh (after-th mutation-mixed)

(Standard Cornish) dual of bregh (“arm”)


dyw-

(Standard Cornish) Prefix to derive the dual form of feminine nouns.


dywvron

dywvron (unmutated)
dhywvron (soft)
tywvron
tywvron (mixed)
tywvron (after-th mutation-mixed)

(Standard Cornish) dual of bronn (“breast”)


brodnow

brodnow (unmutated)
vrodnow (soft)
prodnow
frodnow (mixed)
vrodnow (after-th mutation-mixed)


blejen

blejyow (plural)
blejennow (plural)
blejen (unmutated)
vlejen (soft)
plejen
flejen (mixed)
vlejen (after-th mutation-mixed)


blejyow

blejyow (unmutated)
vlejyow (soft)
plejyow
flejyow (mixed)
vlejyow (after-th mutation-mixed)


blejennow

/bləˈd͡ʒɛᵈnoʊ/


bleydhas

bleydhas (unmutated)
vleydhas (soft)
pleydhas
fleydhas (mixed)
vleydhas (after-th mutation-mixed)


jëdh

Alternative form of dëdh, after the definite article


jÿdh

Alternative form of dÿdh, after the definite article


Loundres

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Taylond

Pow Tay (unmutated)
Bow Tay (soft)
Fow Tay


Dewnens

From Middle Cornish Dewnans, from Proto-Brythonic *Düβnėnt. Cognate with Breton Devnent, Welsh Dyfnaint.


dowrhe

dowrhe (unmutated)
dhowrhe (soft)
towrhe
towrhe (mixed)
towrhe (after-th mutation-mixed)


ganow

ganowow (plural)
ganow (unmutated)
anow (soft)
kanow
hanow (mixed)
hanow (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *genow (“jaws”), plural of *gen; reinterpreted as a singular.


ganowow

ganowow (unmutated)
anowow (soft)
kanowow
hanowow (mixed)
hanowow (after-th mutation-mixed)


enep

From Old Cornish eneb, from Proto-Brythonic *eneb, from Proto-Celtic *enīkʷom.


golow

From Old Cornish golou, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoluɣʉ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.


cùntelles

congress, assembly, convocation, meeting


neppyth

From neb + pyth. Compare English something.


bÿs

From Old Cornish bid, from Proto-Brythonic *bɨd, from Proto-Celtic *bitus.

ha kymmys yn bys vs vas


bÿs

besias (plural)
bÿs (unmutated)
vÿs (soft)
pÿs
fÿs (mixed)
vÿs (after-th mutation-mixed)


pegh

From Middle Cornish pegh, from Proto-Brythonic *pexọd, a borrowing from Latin peccātum (“sin”). Cognate with Breton pec'hed, Welsh pechod.


termyn

En termen ez passiez thera Trigaz en St.Levan Dean ha Bennen en Tellar creiez chei a Horr.

c. 1667, Nicolas Boson, Jooan Chei an Horr:

Once upon a time, there lived in St Levan a man and a woman in a place called the Ram's House.

En termyn eus passyes th'era trigys en Selevan den ha benyn en teller kreiys Chei an Hor'.


peswora

peswora (unmutated)
beswora (soft)
feswora


resek

From Middle Cornish resek, from Proto-Brythonic *rrėdɨd, from Proto-Celtic *reteti.

to run (refers both to rivers and to people)


lewpard

From Old French leopard, from Late Latin leopardus.


diw

head

diw f (masculine form dew, triggers soft mutation)

dew (masculine)
diw (unmutated)
dhiw (soft)
tiw
tiw (mixed)
tiw (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *dwī (feminine of *duwo), from Proto-Indo-European *dw-ih₂ (feminine of *dwóh₁). Cognate with Welsh dwy.


budh

budhow (plural)
budh (unmutated)
vudh (soft)
pudh
fudh (mixed)
vudh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory”). Cognate with Breton buz, Irish bua, Scottish Gaelic buaidh, Manx booie, and Welsh budd.


bewnans

bewnansow (plural)
bewnans (unmutated)
vewnans (soft)
pewnans
fewnans (mixed)
vewnans (after-th mutation-mixed)


bownans

bownanjow (plural)
bownans (unmutated)
vownans (soft)
pownans
fownans (mixed)
vownans (after-th mutation-mixed)


balyer

balyerow (plural)
balyer (unmutated)
valyer (soft)
palyer
falyer (mixed)
valyer (after-th mutation-mixed)


hwel

→ English: wheal


caugh

From Proto-Brythonic *kax, from Proto-Celtic *kakkos, *kakkā, from a very widespread child-language word for feces.

onomatopoeic

child-language


stif

(aviation) A jet plane; Type of airplane propelled by jet engines instead of propellers


pedrek

pedrogow (plural)
pedrek (unmutated)
bedrek (soft)
fedrek


piw

From Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, (compare Breton piv, Welsh pwy, Old Irish cía), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Piw os ta?


pyth

From Proto-Brythonic *peθ (compare Welsh peth, Breton pezh), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid).


pyth

Pyth yw hemma?


oksyjen

[ˈɔksɪˌdʒɛn]

[ˈɔksəˌdʒɐn]


karigell

karigellow (plural)
karigell (unmutated)
garigell (soft)
harigell


kerrik

kerrigow (plural)
kerrik (unmutated)
gerrik (soft)
herrik


chogha

choghys (plural)
chogha (unmutated)
jogha (soft)


palores

paloresow (plural)
palores (unmutated)
balores (soft)
falores


fon konnyk

[ˌfɔːn ˈkɔnːɪk]


aval goodh

[ˌævɐl ˈɡuːð]


aval gwlanek

From aval (“apple”) + gwlanek (“woolly”).


aval paradhis

head

aval paradhis m (plural avalow paradhis)

[ˌævɐl pəˈræðɪz]

From aval (“apple”) + paradhis (“paradise”).


owraval

From owr (“gold”) + aval (“apple”). Compare Breton aouraval and Welsh aurafal.


pinaval

pinavalow (plural)
pinaval (unmutated)
binaval (soft)
finaval

Calque of English pineapple and Welsh pinafal. By surface analysis, pin (“pine”) + aval (“apple”).


goodh

From Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Breton gwaz, Irish gé, and Welsh gŵydd.


goodh

goodh (unmutated)
woodh (soft)
koodh
hwoodh (mixed)
woodh (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwlanek

gwlanek (unmutated)
wlanek (soft)
kwlanek
hwlanek (mixed)
wlanek (after-th mutation-mixed)


duhe

duhe (unmutated)
dhuhe (soft)
tuhe
tuhe (mixed)
tuhe (after-th mutation-mixed)


choklet tomm

choklet tomm (unmutated)
joklet tomm (soft)

[ˌt͡ʃɔklɛt ˈtɤmː]


choklet

chocklets (plural)
choklet (unmutated)
joklet (soft)


gleb

From Proto-Brythonic *gwlɨb, from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ-.


Kaliforni

Kaliforni (unmutated)
Galiforni (soft)
Haliforni


teylu

teyluow (plural)
teylu (unmutated)
deylu (soft)
theylu

From Proto-Celtic *tegoslougom, from Proto-Celtic *tegos (“house”) + Proto-Celtic *slougos (“troup, army”), equivalent to
chi + lu. Compare Welsh teulu, Irish teaghlach, Scottish Gaelic teaghlach, Manx lught thie.


bos trigys yn argel

bos trigys yn argel (unmutated)
vos trigys yn argel (soft)
pos trigys yn argel
fos trigys yn argel (mixed)
vos trigys yn argel (after-th mutation-mixed)


bos trigys en argel

bos trigys en argel (unmutated)
vos trigys en argel (soft)
pos trigys en argel
fos trigys en argel (mixed)
vos trigys en argel (after-th mutation-mixed)


bos trigys

bos trigys (unmutated)
vos trigys (soft)
pos trigys
fos trigys (mixed)
vos trigys (after-th mutation-mixed)


kuntel

to collect, to pick, to gather, to accumulate


karrostel

karrostelyow (plural)
karrostel (unmutated)
garrostel (soft)
harrostel


-adow

kara (“to love”) + -adow → karadow (“loveable”)

kasa (“to hate”) + -adow → kasadow (“hateful”)

serv- (“root of servya, to serve”) + -adow → servadow (“serviceable, makeshift”)

Adjectival suffix indicating capability; -able


galow a-bell

galowyow a bell (plural)
galow a-bell (unmutated)
alow a-bell (soft)
kalow a-bell
halow a-bell (mixed)
halow a-bell (after-th mutation-mixed)


-edh

From Proto-Brythonic *-eð, from Proto-Celtic *-iyā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂. Cognate with Welsh -edd, Irish -e, Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), and Latin -ia.

meur (“great”) + -edh → meuredh (“majesty, greatness”)

fors (“force, strength”) + -edh → forsedh (“force (N)”)

doos (“dense”) + -edh → dòsedh (“density (m/V)”)

gronn (“mass, heap”) + -edh → gronnedh (“mass (m)”)

(by extension, physics) Forms masculine abstract nouns denoting measurable quantities with defined units


-edh

el (“angel”) + -edh → eledh (“angels”)

modrep (“aunt”) + -edh → modrebedh (“aunts”)

lethwrek (“milkmaid”) + -edh → lethwragedh (“milkmaids”)


gorra a-bervedh

gorra a-bervedh (unmutated)
worra a-bervedh (soft)
korra a-bervedh
hworra a-bervedh (mixed)
worra a-bervedh (after-th mutation-mixed)


kledhbarth

kledhbarth (unmutated)
gledhbarth (soft)
hledhbarth

kledh (“northern; left”) + parth (“side, part”)


dyghowbarth

dyghowbarth (unmutated)
dhyghowbarth (soft)
tyghowbarth
tyghowbarth (mixed)
tyghowbarth (after-th mutation-mixed)

dyghow (“southern; right”) + parth (“side, part”)


gorlewin

gorlewin (unmutated)
worlewin (soft)
korlewin
hworlewin (mixed)
worlewin (after-th mutation-mixed)


howlsedhes

howl (“sun”) + sedhes (“setting, sinking”)


dyghow

dyghow (unmutated)
dhyghow (soft)
tyghow
tyghow (mixed)
tyghow (after-th mutation-mixed)


kledh

From Proto-Brythonic *kleð (“left, northern”). Cognate with Welsh gogledd.
The sense "northern" comes from the fact that the north is on the left-hand side of a person facing east.


acheson rag skonya

head

acheson rag skonya m (plural achesonys rag skonya)


gorra a-denewen

gorra a-denewen (unmutated)
worra a-denewen (soft)
korra a-denewen
hworra a-denewen (mixed)
worra a-denewen (after-th mutation-mixed)


mos a-dro

mos a-dro (unmutated)
vos a-dro (soft)
fos a-dro (mixed)
vos a-dro (after-th mutation-mixed)


toos alamandys

toos alamandys (unmutated)
doos alamandys (soft)
thoos alamandys


toos gwari

toos gwari (unmutated)
doos gwari (soft)
thoos gwari


know toos

knowen doos (singulative)
know toos (unmutated)
gnow toos (soft)
hnow toos


akont arghantti

akont arghantti m (plural arkontys arghantti or arkontow arghantti)

arkontys arghantti (plural)
arkontow arghantti (plural)


akont arghow

akont arghow m (plural arkontys arghow or arkontow arghow)

arkontys arghow (plural)
arkontow arghow (plural)


akont kesres

akont kesres m (plural akontys kesres or akontow kesres)

akontys kesres (plural)
akontow kesres (plural)


kespos arghantti

kespos arghantti m (plural kesposow arghantti)

kesposow arghantti (plural)
kespos arghantti (unmutated)
gespos arghantti (soft)
hespos arghantti


kespos

kesposow (plural)
kespos (unmutated)
gespos (soft)
hespos


yn akord gans

(Revived Middle Cornish) consistent with


kevelek

keveloges (plural)
kevelek (unmutated)
gevelek (soft)
hevelek

From Middle Cornish kyvelak, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, perhaps derived from *kėfɨl (“horse”) owing to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse. Cognate with Breton kefeleg and Welsh cyffylog.


elyver

From e- (“e-”) + lyver (“book”). Compare Welsh e-lyfr.


beleren

belerennow (plural)
beleren (unmutated)
veleren (soft)
peleren
feleren (mixed)
veleren (after-th mutation-mixed)


keltek

Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus


-ieth

From Proto-Brythonic *-aɨθ, from Insular Celtic *-axtā, suffixal use of Proto-Celtic *axtā (compare Welsh -aeth and Irish -acht).


Truru

Truro, a city in Cornwall, United Kingdom


ꞇ

Ha po 'ryg e ꝺɐz ꝺɐ 'n ᵹeᵹen; enna e uelaz an ôst an tshei; ha dên kôꞇ o ê, a guadn, a trailia an bêr.

(18th century) A letter of the Cornish alphabet.


hireth

From Proto-Brythonic *hiraɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *sīraxto-, akin to Gaulish siraxta (“longing”). Cognate with Welsh hiraeth.

homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or for a home which may have never been

an intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness

the grief for the lost places of your past


kyv kov

kyvyon kov (plural)
kyv kov (unmutated)
gyv kov (soft)
hyv kov


senedh

Ultimately from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”). Compare with Welsh Welsh senedd (“senate, parliament”), which might be cognate (and like it, possibly instead from Latin synodus).


politegieth keswlasek

From politegieth (“politics”) + keswlasek (“international”).

affix

international relations
international relations

international relations, international politics


politegieth a-bervedh

From politegieth (“politics”) + a-bervedh (“domestic, internal”).


gwegbys an ke

head

gwegbys an ke (singulative gwegbysen an ke)


treth

From Middle Cornish treath, from Old Cornish trait, from Proto-Brythonic *traɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *traxtus. Cognate with Breton traezh (“sand”), Welsh traeth (“beach”), and Irish trácht (“beach”).


dehen

dehennow (plural)
dehen (unmutated)
dhehen (soft)
tehen
tehen (mixed)
tehen (after-th mutation-mixed)


Jibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Portyngal

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Baskek

Basque (a language in the Basque Country)


klys

Derived from Proto-Celtic *klîto-, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥-to-. Cognate with Breton kled and Welsh clyd.


stervarnoresow

plural of stervarnores (“female astronaut”)


benyn efanvos

benyn efanvos f (plural benenes efanvos)

From benyn (“woman”) + efanvos (“space”).


den efanvos

From den (“man, guy”) + efanvos (“space”).


tus efanvos

From tus (“men, guys”) + efanvos (“space”).


benenes efanvos

From benenes (“women”) + efanvos (“space”).


pocket ayr

pocket ayr m (plural pocketow ayr or pocketys ayr)

pocketow ayr (plural)
pocketys ayr (plural)


pocketow ayr

From pocketow (“pockets”) + ayr (“air”).


karten rudh

karten rudh f (plural kartennow rudh or kartednow rudh)

kartennow rudh (plural)
kartednow rudh (plural)


pocketys ayr

From pocketys (“pockets”) + ayr (“air”).


ostel yowynkneth

ostel yowynkneth f (plural ostelyow yowynkneth)

From ostel (“hostel, hotel”) + yowynkneth (“youth”).


ostelyow yowynkneth

From ostelyow (“hostels, hotels”) + yowynkneth (“youth”).

ostel yowynkneth
ostel yowynkneth#Cornish

plural of ostel yowynkneth (“youth hostel”)


yonkoryon

plural of yonker (“(male) youth, youngster”)


yonkoresow

plural of yonkores (“(female) youth, youngster”)


morvil

morviles (plural)
morvil (unmutated)
vorvil (soft)
forvil (mixed)
vorvil (after-th mutation-mixed)

From mor (“sea”) + mil (“animal”). Compare Welsh morfil, Breton morvil, and Middle Irish muirmíl.


morviles

morviles (unmutated)
vorviles (soft)
forviles (mixed)
vorviles (after-th mutation-mixed)


burm

burmen (singulative)
burm (unmutated)
vurm (soft)
purm
furm (mixed)
vurm (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old English beorma. Cognate with Welsh burum.


lowenhe

From lowen (“happy”) + -he; to make happy.


alamand

head

alamand m (plural alamandys or alamandow)


ynjynorieth

[ɪnˌd͡ʒɪnɔˈriːɛθ]

[ənˌd͡ʒɪnəˈriːɐθ]


dans olifans

From dans (“tooth”) + olifans (“elephant”).


awtorita udnik

awtorita udnik m (plural awtoritas udnik)

[ɒˈtɔrɪtɐ ˈɪdnɪk]


awtorita unnik

awtorita unnik m (plural awtoritas unnik)

Alternative form of awtorita udnik, unitary authority


awtoritas unnik

From awtoritas (“authorities”) + unnik (“individual, only”).

affix

plural of awtorita unnik (“unitary authority”)


awtoritas udnik

From awtoritas (“authorities”) + udnik (“individual, only”).

plural of awtorita udnik (“unitary authority”)


awtorita

head

awtorita m (plural awtoritas or awtoritys)


Ejyp

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Ejyptek

[ɛˈd͡ʒɪptɛk]

[əˈd͡ʒɪptɐk]


ekologieth

[ɛˌkɔlɔˈɡiːɛθ]

[əˌkɔləˈɡiːɐθ]


eglos

From Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin ecclēsia (“church”). Compare Welsh eglwys, Breton iliz.


eglos teg

From eglos (“church”) + teg (“pretty, attractive”).


eglosyow teg

From eglosyow (“churches”) + teg (“pretty, attractive”).


eghen beryllys

head

eghen beryllys f (plural eghennow beryllys or eghednow beryllys)

eghennow beryllys (plural)
eghednow beryllys (plural)

From eghen (“species”) + peryllys (“endangered”).


peryllys

peryllys (unmutated)
beryllys (soft)
feryllys


Statys Unys Amerika

United States of America
United States of America


fordh

From Middle Cornish fordh, from Old Cornish ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Breton forzh, Welsh fordh.


ponsfordh

From pons (“bridge”) + fordh (“road, way”).


milonieth

[ˌmɪlɔˈniːɛθ]

[ˌmɪləˈniːɐθ]


stifliv

stif (“jet, squirt”) + liv (“flood, stream”)


stevel omwolghi

head

stevel omwolghi f (plural stevellow omwolghi)


amendyansow

plural of amendyans (“revision, change, reform, amendment”)


berrskrif

From berr (“brief, short”) + skrif (“article, document”).


berrskrifow

plural of berrskrif (“summary, abstract”)


bewskrif

From bew (“living, alive, active”) + skrif (“document, article”).


Norgagh

Norway (a country in Scandinavia, in northern Europe)


arnowydhheans

head

arnowydhheans m (plural arnowydhheansow)


arnowydhheansow

plural of arnowydhheans (“modernisation”)


kynnyav

From Old Cornish kyniaf, from kyn (“before”) + goyf (“winter”) (from Proto-Celtic *gyemos). Compare Welsh cynhaeaf.


gwiasva

gwiasvaow (plural)
gwiasva (unmutated)
wiasva (soft)
kwiasva
hwiasva (mixed)
wiasva (after-th mutation-mixed)


wiasva

gwiasva (unmutated)
wiasva (soft)
kwiasva
hwiasva (mixed)
wiasva (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwav

From Old Cornish goyf, from Proto-Celtic *gyamo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-. Celtic cognates include Breton goañv, Welsh gaeaf, Old Irish gam (Irish geimhreadh). Indo-European cognates include Latin hiems, Ancient Greek χεῖμα (kheîma), Old Church Slavonic зима (zima), Sanskrit हिम (hima).


uraniom

[ɪʊˈræːniɐm]


platinom

platinom (unmutated)
blatinom (soft)
flatinom


ilewydhes

[ˌilɛˈwɪðɛs]

[ˌiləˈwɪðɐz]


keschanjya

[kəsˈt͡ʃænd͡ʒjɐ]


keslowenhe

keslowenhe (unmutated)
geslowenhe (soft)
heslowenhe

From kes- + lowenhe; to rejoice together (compare Latin congrātulor).


unverhe

[ˌʏnvɛrˈhɛː]


korrdon

korrdonnow (plural)
korrdon (unmutated)
gorrdon (soft)
horrdon

From korr (“micro-, mini-”) + tonn (“wave”).


forn gorrdon

forn korrdon (canonical masculine)
fornow korrdon (plural)


didhemedhi

[ˌdɪðɛˈmɛði]

[ˌdɪðəˈmɛði]


devera dagrow

[dəˌvɛrɐˈdæɡrɔʊ]


dyski

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin discō (“I learn”). Compare Welsh dysgu, Breton deskiñ.


dernigel

dernigel (unmutated)
dhernigel (soft)
ternigel
ternigel (mixed)
ternigel (after-th mutation-mixed)


dentethyel

dentethyel (unmutated)
dhentethyel (soft)
tentethyel
tentethyel (mixed)
tentethyel (after-th mutation-mixed)


dhenti

denti (unmutated)
dhenti (soft)
tenti
tenti (mixed)
tenti (after-th mutation-mixed)


ny wrav vy kewsel sowsnek

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


kows

Of uncertain origin. Cognate with Breton kaoz


kows

kowsow (plural)
kows (unmutated)
gows (soft)
hows


kowlwerth

kowlwerth (unmutated)
gowlwerth (soft)
howlwerth


kowlwertha

[kəʊlˈwɛrʰɐ]


ꝺ

An ôst an tshei ameꝺ an dzhẏi: Pe 'ntra venta guîl ᵹen an ôst antshei? ẏbma maᵹen ostez nei ha yẏꝿk eu hei: mar menta guellaz an ôst an tshei, kî ꝺa 'n ᵹeᵹen, ha enna ti an kâv.

The host of the house, said they! What wouldst thou do with the host of the house? Here is the hostess with us, and young she is: but if you will see the host of the house, go into the kitchen, and there you'll find him.


Papwa Gyni Nowydh

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


gwedhan jiraff

gwedhan jiraff m (plural gwedhanes jiraff)

gwedhanes jiraff (plural)
gwedhan jiraff (unmutated)
wedhan jiraff (soft)
kwedhan jiraff
hwedhan jiraff (mixed)
wedhan jiraff (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwedhanes jiraff

plural of gwedhan jiraff (“giraffe weevil”)


wedhan jiraff

gwedhan jiraff (unmutated)
wedhan jiraff (soft)
kwedhan jiraff
hwedhan jiraff (mixed)
wedhan jiraff (after-th mutation-mixed)

Mixed mutation after 'th of gwedhan jiraff.


deg warn ugens

deg warn ugens (unmutated)
dheg warn ugens (soft)
teg warn ugens
teg warn ugens (mixed)
teg warn ugens (after-th mutation-mixed)

From deg (“ten”) + warn (“on the”) + ugens (“twenty”).


deg ha dew ugens

deg ha dew ugens (unmutated)
dheg ha dew ugens (soft)
teg ha dew ugens
teg ha dew ugens (mixed)
teg ha dew ugens (after-th mutation-mixed)

From deg (“ten”) + ha (“and”) + dew (“two”) + ugens (“twenty”).


deg ha tri ugens

deg ha tri ugens (unmutated)
dheg ha tri ugens (soft)
teg ha tri ugens
teg ha tri ugens (mixed)
teg ha tri ugens (after-th mutation-mixed)

From deg (“ten”) + ha (“and”) + tri (“three”) + ugens (“twenty”).


deg ha peswar ugens

deg ha peswar ugens (unmutated)
dheg ha peswar ugens (soft)
teg ha peswar ugens
teg ha peswar ugens (mixed)
teg ha peswar ugens (after-th mutation-mixed)

From deg (“ten”) + ha (“and”) + peswar (“four”) + ugens (“twenty”).


dew ugens

dew ugens (unmutated)
dhew ugens (soft)
tew ugens
tew ugens (mixed)
tew ugens (after-th mutation-mixed)


tri ugens

tri ugens (unmutated)
dri ugens (soft)
thri ugens


peswar ugens

peswar ugens (unmutated)
beswar ugens (soft)
feswar ugens

From peswar (“four”) + ugens (“twenty”).


nownsegves

From nownsek (“nineteen”) + -ves (“-th”).


seytegves

From seytek (“seventeen”) + -ves (“-th”).


pymthegves

pymthegves (unmutated)
bymthegves (soft)
fymthegves

From pymthek (“fifteen”) + -ves (“-th”).


peswardhegves

peswardhegves (unmutated)
beswardhegves (soft)
feswardhegves

From peswardhek (“fourteen”) + -ves (“-th”).


tredhegves

tredhegves (unmutated)
dredhegves (soft)
thredhegves

From tredhek (“thirteen”) + -ves (“-th”).


dewdhegves

dewdhegves (unmutated)
dhewdhegves (soft)
tewdhegves
tewdhegves (mixed)
tewdhegves (after-th mutation-mixed)


degves

degves (unmutated)
dhegves (soft)
tegves
tegves (mixed)
tegves (after-th mutation-mixed)


kynsa

From Proto-Brythonic *kɨnthaβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kentusamos. Cognate with Welsh cyntaf.


-ves

From Proto-Brythonic *-β̃ed, from Proto-Celtic *-metos. Cognate with Welsh -fed. Compare Old Irish -mad and Modern Irish -ú (formerly spelled -mhadh).

-th (suffix forming the ordinal form of numerals)


kogh

From Proto-Brythonic *kox, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “berry”). Cognate with Welsh coch (“red”).

kogh:


kogh

koghow (plural)
kogh (unmutated)
gogh (soft)
hogh

From Latin cucullus (“hood”). Cognate with Irish cochall.


bos da

bos da (unmutated)
vos da (soft)
pos da
fos da (mixed)
vos da (after-th mutation-mixed)

Da yw genev dehen molys.

to like (with English object and subject as Cornish subject of verb and object of preposition respectively)

Da yw dehen molys.


nownsek ha peswar ugens

From nownsek (“nineteen”) + ha (“and”) + peswar (“four”) + ugens (“twenty”). Cognate with Breton naontek ha pevar-ugent.


lethes

From Lethas, from Lethowsow; both of which are names for the mythical sunken kingdom of Lyonesse.


Grifyuth

From Old Cornish Grifiud, from Proto-Brythonic *Grifujʉð.

a male given name, equivalent to English Griffith


Gryffyn

From a diminutive or alternative form of Old Cornish Grifiud, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Grifujʉð.


Pow Belg

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


abâtya

abatys ew the skeans / lemmen me a wor inta

Your mind has been abated / now I know well


wenyn

gwenyn (unmutated)
wenyn (soft)
kwenyn
hwenyn (mixed)
wenyn (after-th mutation-mixed)


bacbîtya

Borrowed from Middle English bak-biten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).

cog

cowsow da an rena neb ara agys defamia hagys bacbytya ha cowse drog a hanowgh why

speak well of those who will defame you and backbite you and speak ill of you


paper fos

paperyow fos (plural)
paper fos (unmutated)
baper fos (soft)
faper fos


meur ras

A shortened expression for meur ras dhe jy.


kalgh

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Welsh cal, cala, caly; Breton kalc'h.


kalgh

From Latin calcem, accusative singular of calx.


kaletter

head

kaletter m (plural kaletteryow or kaletterow)

kaletteryow (plural)
kaletterow (plural)


badh

badhes (plural)
badh (unmutated)
vadh (soft)
padh
fadh (mixed)
vadh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Brythonic *basio- ~ *baðio-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoiHdʰ-so-. Cognate with Welsh baedd.


goredhom hin

Dre reson an goredhom hin hag anparder golusogneth ow sevel - hwath yth yw Kernow yn mysk an boghosekka ranndiryow a’n RU ha’n ranndir nessa boghosekka yn Europa Kledh (Eurostat, 2014) – res porres yw bos pub gwrians gonis poblek nowydh desinys gans pennrewlys dastinythyek y’ga holon.

2019 July, Denzil Monk, Ragdres Hwithrans Darlesor Gonis Poblek Kernewek Agwedh Onan – Studhyans Arhwilas Derivas:

In light of the climate emergency and rising wealth inequality - Cornwall remains one of the poorest areas of the UK and the second poorest region in Northern Europe (Eurostat, 2014) - it is essential that any new public service intervention be designed with regenerative principles at their heart.


gwig

gwigow (plural)
gwig (unmutated)
wig (soft)
kwig
hwig (mixed)
wig (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Latin vicus (“village”). Cognate with Welsh gwig.


Golowan

Gòlowan (canonical masculine)
Golowan (unmutated)
Wolowan (soft)
Kolowan
Hwolowan (mixed)
Wolowan (after-th mutation-mixed)

From gòl (“feast”) + Yowan (“John”); the feast day of St. John.


herwydh

Cognate with Welsh herwydd (“according to”), Breton hervez (“according to”).


brederedh

brederedhow (plural)
brederedh (unmutated)
vrederedh (soft)
prederedh
frederedh (mixed)
vrederedh (after-th mutation-mixed)


convedhes

gans dean penvo convethys / worthaf ve serten ny dale / bos mellyes a vs neb tra

By man when it shall be perceived / With me certainly ought not / To be meddled on any account

sera ny won convethas / ages dewan in neb for

Sir, I know not how to understand / Your grief in any way


barlys

barlysen (singular)
barlys (unmutated)
varlys (soft)
parlys
farlys (mixed)
varlys (after-th mutation-mixed)


eskis

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped-skuH-t-, from *ped- (“foot”) + *(s)kewH- (“to cover”); the former component is cognate with English foot, and the latter with Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “skin, hide”). Direct cognate with Welsh esgid (“shoe”).


war-lergh

war ow lergh (first-person singular)
war agan lergh (first-person plural)
war dha lergh (second-person singular)
war agas lergh (plural second-person)
war y lergh (m) (singular third-person)
war hy lergh (f) (singular third-person)
war aga lergh (plural third-person)


gorthkentrewyer

head

gorthkentrewyer m (plural gorthkentrewyoryon)


porghel

porghelli (plural)
porghel (unmutated)
borghel (soft)
forghel

From Latin porcellus. Cognate with Welsh porchell, Breton porc'hell


orth

orthiv (first-person singular)
ortam (first-person singular)
orta vy (first-person singular)
orthyn (first-person plural)
orten (first-person plural)
orta nei (first-person plural)
orthis (second-person singular)
ortes (second-person singular)
orta jy (second-person singular)
orthowgh (plural second-person)
ortowgh (plural second-person)
orta hwei (plural second-person)
orto (singular third-person)
ort ev (m) (singular third-person)
orti (singular third-person)
ort hei (singular third-person)
ort heif (singular third-person)
orta (plural third-person)
ortans (plural third-person)
ort anjei (plural third-person)

A permanently lenited form of gorth, now modern gorth- (“anti-”). This mutation (go > o) is extremely uncommon, only occurring in gorsedh and gorour (from gor- + gour), aside from this word.
From Middle Cornish orth, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”) (compare Latin versus). Cognate with Welsh wrth, Breton ouzh.


kowethas

kowethas m or f by sense (plural kowethasow)

kowethasow (plural)
kowethas (unmutated)
gowethas (soft)
howethas

From koweth + -as. Cognate with Welsh cyweithas


koweth

kowetha (plural)
koweth (unmutated)
goweth (soft)
howeth


Breten Vyghan

Breten Vyghan (unmutated)
Vreten Vyghan (soft)
Preten Vyghan
Freten Vyghan (mixed)
Vreten Vyghan (after-th mutation-mixed)


menydh

From Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (compare Welsh mynydd, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).


bloodh

from Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð, from Proto-Celtic *blēdū (“year”).


skrifenn

Either from skrif + -enn or directly from Latin scribenda through Old Cornish scriuen.


maystri

From Old French maistrie through Middle English maystrie


bouben

head

bouben f (plural boubennow or boubednow)


gorthugher

gorthugherow (plural)
gorthugher (unmutated)
worthugher (soft)
korthugher
hworthugher (mixed)
worthugher (after-th mutation-mixed)


dyllo

Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *dillüngɨd


nyns

ny

used before all verb forms but only before forms of bos that start with a consonant


koth

From Old Cornish coth, from Proto-Celtic *kottos.


diek

diek (unmutated)
dhiek (soft)
tiek
tiek (mixed)
tiek (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Old Cornish dioc, from Proto-Celtic *dīākus, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“swift”). Cognate with Welsh diog.


stlav

Compound of Proto-Brythonic *lab- or Proto-Brythonic *s-laf-


merwel

From Middle Cornish merwel, from Proto-Brythonic *marwọd, from Proto-Celtic *marwāti, from Proto-Indo-European *mer (“to die”). Cognate with Breton mervel.


hwerow

From Proto-Brythonic *hwerw, from Proto-Celtic *swerwos.


gallosek

gallosek (unmutated)
allosek (soft)
kallosek
hallosek (mixed)
hallosek (after-th mutation-mixed)


Lannvorek

Holonym: Kernow

Mevagissey (a fishing village and civil parish on the south coast of Cornwall, England).


Meva hag Ysi

→ English: Mevagissey

Mevagissey (former name of Lannvorek, a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom)


Ysi

A female given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Issey.


Meva

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Mevan.


abrans

abrans f (dual diwabrans, plural abransow)


lebma

lebma (triggers soft or mixed mutation, used before positive clauses starting with the subjunctive)

en chei lebma vo den koth


goffos

Pres-fut (indicative)
Pres-fut (conditional)
goram (first-person indicative singular)
gora'ma (first-person indicative singular)
gora'vy (first-person indicative singular)
goyen (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
goffen (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gos ta (indicative second-person singular)
goyes (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
goffes (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
go'ya (imperative second-person singular)
gor e (indicative singular third-person)
hei (indicative singular third-person)
goya (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
godhas (indicative preterite singular third-person)
goffia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
goffa (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
goryn (first-person indicative plural)
goryn nei (first-person indicative plural)
goyen (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
goffen (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
goro' (indicative plural second-person)
goro'hwei (indicative plural second-person)
goyew' (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
goyew'hwei (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
goffew' (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
goffew'hwi (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
godhvedhew' (imperative plural second-person)
gorans (indicative plural third-person)
gor anjei (indicative plural third-person)
goyens (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
goya anjei (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
goffens (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
goffa anjei (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ow koffos (participle present)
Verbal adjective: godhvedhys (participle present)
goffos (unmutated)
woffos (soft)
koffos
hwoffos (mixed)
woffos (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Middle Cornish godhvos, from Old Cornish *godbod.

Woyes ta der ra va klappya Kernowek mar dha?

Did you know that he speaks Cornish so well?

Woro'hwei y hanow?

E wor neuvya.


seghes

sygh (“dry”) + -es, borrowed from Latin siccus (“dry”).

Na reugh eva re
Mez eva ra guz zehaz:
Ha hedna, muy po le,
Vedn gwitha, corf en ehaz

c. 1704, William Allen, unattributed rhyme:

Do not drink too much,
But drink for your thirst;
And that, more or less,
Will keep your body in health.

Na rewgh eva re,
Mes eva ra 'gas seghes;
Ha hedna, moy po le,
Vedn gwitha, korf en 'eghes.


mestroek

mestroek (unmutated)
vestroek (soft)
festroek (mixed)
vestroek (after-th mutation-mixed)


bregys

bregys (unmutated)
vregys (soft)
pregys
fregys (mixed)
vregys (after-th mutation-mixed)


forsakys

forsakya (“to forsake, to abandon”) + -ys


tyckli

tyckli (unmutated)
dyckli (soft)
thyckli


tuvaluek

tuvaluek (unmutated)
duvaluek (soft)
thuvaluek


trinidadiek

trinidadiek (unmutated)
drinidadiek (soft)
thrinidadiek


tunisiek

tunisiek (unmutated)
dunisiek (soft)
thunisiek


tregeredhus

tregeredhus (unmutated)
dregeredhus (soft)
thregeredhus


tonganek

tonganek (unmutated)
donganek (soft)
thonganek

From Tonga + -ek, the additional n influenced by English Tongan.


togolesek

togolesek (unmutated)
dogolesek (soft)
thogolesek

From Togo + -ek, the addition of l influenced by English Togolese, itself from French togolais.


tebeldhyghtus

tebeldhyghtus (unmutated)
debeldhyghtus (soft)
thebeldhyghtus


bahamek

bahamek (unmutated)
vahamek (soft)
pahamek
fahamek (mixed)
vahamek (after-th mutation-mixed)


bangladeshek

bangladeshek (unmutated)
vangladeshek (soft)
pangladeshek
fangladeshek (mixed)
vangladeshek (after-th mutation-mixed)


bahrainek

bahrainek (unmutated)
vahrainek (soft)
pahrainek
fahrainek (mixed)
vahrainek (after-th mutation-mixed)


botswanek

botswanek (unmutated)
votswanek (soft)
potswanek
fotswanek (mixed)
votswanek (after-th mutation-mixed)


devoshes

devoshes (unmutated)
dhevoshes (soft)
tevoshes
tevoshes (mixed)
tevoshes (after-th mutation-mixed)


dielvennel

dielvennel (unmutated)
dhielvennel (soft)
tielvennel
tielvennel (mixed)
tielvennel (after-th mutation-mixed)


digompes

digompes (unmutated)
dhigompes (soft)
tigompes
tigompes (mixed)
tigompes (after-th mutation-mixed)


devisyek

devisyek (unmutated)
dhevisyek (soft)
tevisyek
tevisyek (mixed)
tevisyek (after-th mutation-mixed)


dornwrys

dornwrys (unmutated)
dhornwrys (soft)
tornwrys
tornwrys (mixed)
tornwrys (after-th mutation-mixed)


koloren

head

koloren f (dual diwgoloren, plural kolorennow)

diwgoloren (dual)
kolorennow (plural)
koloren (unmutated)
goloren (soft)
holoren


diwgoloren

diwgoloren (unmutated)
dhiwgoloren (soft)
tiwgoloren
tiwgoloren (mixed)
tiwgoloren (after-th mutation-mixed)


kolorennow

kolorennow (unmutated)
golorennow (soft)
holorennow


gew

gewow (plural)
gew (unmutated)
ew (soft)
kew
hew (mixed)
hew (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wáy. Compare Welsh gwae, Breton gwa.


trojen

trojennow (plural)
trojen (unmutated)
drojen (soft)
throjen


tarmagan

tarmaganes (plural)
tarmagan (unmutated)
darmagan (soft)
tharmagan


kledha

kledhedhyow (plural)
kledha (unmutated)
gledha (soft)


koffiji

koffijiow (plural)
koffiji (unmutated)
goffiji (soft)
hoffiji

From koffi (“coffee”) + chi (“house”). Compare English coffeehouse.


grugyar

grugyer (plural)
grugyar (unmutated)
wrugyar (soft)
krugyar
hwrugyar (mixed)
wrugyar (after-th mutation-mixed)

From grug (“heather”) + yar (“chicken”). Compare Welsh grugiar.


grugyerik

grugyerigow (plural)
grugyerik (unmutated)
wrugyerik (soft)
krugyerik
hwrugyerik (mixed)
wrugyerik (after-th mutation-mixed)


tewesyar

tewesyer (plural)
tewesyar (unmutated)
dewesyar (soft)
thewesyar


kowan benn tew

pennow tew (plural)
kowan benn tew (unmutated)
gowan benn tew (soft)
howan benn tew


penn tew

pennow tew (plural)
penn tew (unmutated)
benn tew (soft)
fenn tew


kowan woon

kowannow goon (plural)
kowan woon (unmutated)
gowan woon (soft)
howan woon


kowan vyghan

kowannow byghan (plural)
kowan vyghan (unmutated)
gowan vyghan (soft)
howan vyghan


byghan

byghan (unmutated)
vyghan (soft)
pyghan
fyghan (mixed)
vyghan (after-th mutation-mixed)


golvanek

golvanogyon (plural)
golvanek (unmutated)
wolvanek (soft)
kolvanek
hwolvanek (mixed)
wolvanek (after-th mutation-mixed)


kowanik

kowanigow (plural)
kowanik (unmutated)
gowanik (soft)
howanik


hwibanhos Amerika

hwibanhos Amerika m (plural hwibanheyji Amerika)


bonngors

bonngorsow (plural)
bonngors (unmutated)
vonngors (soft)
ponngors
fonngors (mixed)
vonngors (after-th mutation-mixed)


kodh

From kodha (“to fall”). Presumably arose from use in verbal constructions found below.


degoodh

de·goodh (canonical)
degoodh (unmutated)
dhegoodh (soft)
tegoodh
tegoodh (mixed)
tegoodh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Middle Cornish degoth, from de- + koodh. Compare Breton degouezh, Welsh digwydd.


draylell

draylellow (plural)
draylell (unmutated)
dhraylell (soft)
traylell
traylell (mixed)
traylell (after-th mutation-mixed)

From drayl (“a drag”) + -ell (“suffix denoting tools”); a dragging implement.


gwydhvos

gwydhvosen (singulative)
gwydhvos (unmutated)
wydhvos (soft)
kwydhvos
hwydhvos (mixed)
wydhvos (after-th mutation-mixed)


gwydhvosen

gwydhvosennow (plural)
gwydhvosen (unmutated)
wydhvosen (soft)
kwydhvosen
hwydhvosen (mixed)
wydhvosen (after-th mutation-mixed)


barlysen

barlysennow (plural)
barlysen (unmutated)
varlysen (soft)
parlysen
farlysen (mixed)
varlysen (after-th mutation-mixed)


bayros

bayrosen (singulative)
bayros (unmutated)
vayros (soft)
payros
fayros (mixed)
vayros (after-th mutation-mixed)


bayrosen

bayrosennow (plural)
bayrosen (unmutated)
vayrosen (soft)
payrosen
fayrosen (mixed)
vayrosen (after-th mutation-mixed)


lowrwydh

From Latin laurus (“laurel, bay”) + gwydh (“trees”). Cognate with Welsh llawrwydd.


baywydh

baywedhen (singulative)
baywydh (unmutated)
vaywydh (soft)
paywydh
faywydh (mixed)
vaywydh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From bay + gwydh; compare English bay tree, Welsh baewydd.


baywedhen

baywedhennow (plural)
baywedhen (unmutated)
vaywedhen (soft)
paywedhen
faywedhen (mixed)
vaywedhen (after-th mutation-mixed)

singulative of baywydh (“bay trees, laurels”)


beler

beleren (singulative)
beler (unmutated)
veler (soft)
peler
feler (mixed)
veler (after-th mutation-mixed)


besowen

besowennow (plural)
besowen (unmutated)
vesowen (soft)
pesowen
fesowen (mixed)
vesowen (after-th mutation-mixed)


betys

betysen (singulative)
betys (unmutated)
vetys (soft)
petys
fetys (mixed)
vetys (after-th mutation-mixed)


betysen

betysennow (plural)
betysen (unmutated)
vetysen (soft)
petysen
fetysen (mixed)
vetysen (after-th mutation-mixed)


brewyon

brewyonen (singulative)
brewyon (unmutated)
vrewyon (soft)
prewyon
frewyon (mixed)
vrewyon (after-th mutation-mixed)

Seemingly from brew (“broken”) + -yon (“pluralizing suffix”).


brewyonen

brewyonennow (plural)
brewyonen (unmutated)
vrewyonen (soft)
prewyonen
frewyonen (mixed)
vrewyonen (after-th mutation-mixed)


burmen

burmennow (plural)
burmen (unmutated)
vurmen (soft)
purmen
furmen (mixed)
vurmen (after-th mutation-mixed)


datesen

datesennow (plural)
datesen (unmutated)
dhatesen (soft)
tatesen
tatesen (mixed)
tatesen (after-th mutation-mixed)


elester

From Latin salicastrum. Compare Welsh and Armoric elestr, Irish soilestar (from Old Irish seilisdeir), and Late Latin alestrāre. Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλισμα (álisma).


elestren

head

elestren f (plural elestrennow or elestrednow)

elestrennow (plural)
elestrednow (plural)

singulative of elester (“flag, yellow iris”)


elowen

elowen f (plural elowennow or elowednow)


ervinen

ervinen f (plural ervinennen or ervinednen)


gordhristrui

gordhristrui (unmutated)
wordhristrui (soft)
kordhristrui
hwordhristrui (mixed)
wordhristrui (after-th mutation-mixed)

Presumably from gor- + distrui; literally "over-destroy". Given as cognate to Welsh diddymaf and difodaf.


angos

From Middle Cornish angòs, from Middle English anguys, from Anglo-Norman anguisse.


gloos

glòsow (plural)
gloos (unmutated)
loos (soft)
kloos

Unknown. Gerlyver Meur suggests an Indo-European origin, which would support a cognate in Sanskrit. Compare Welsh gloes, Breton gloaz, and Sanskrit क्लिश् (kliś, “to feel pain”).


nebonan

From neb + onan. Compare English someone.


ughel

ughel (comparative ughella, superlative an ughella)

ughella (comparative)
an ughella (superlative)

From Middle Cornish (h)uhel, from Old Cornish uchel, from Proto-Brythonic *ʉxel, from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos. Compare Welsh and Armoric uchel, Irish uasal, Sanskrit [Term?] (“uks'ala”) etc. By surface analysis, ugh + -el.


degynsywa

degynsywa (unmutated)
dhegynsywa (soft)
tegynsywa
tegynsywa (mixed)
tegynsywa (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Middle Cornish tegensywe, likely from de- + kyn' + siw- + -a. Alternatively, from degynsow + -a.


dygynsete

[dɪˌɡɪnzɛˈtɛː]

From de genzhete, from Middle Cornish degens ytte, a contraction of dydh kyns es de; "day former than yesterday."

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


dygynsete

[dɪˌɡɪnzɛˈtɛː]


degynsywek

degynsywek (unmutated)
dhegynsywek (soft)
tegynsywek
tegynsywek (mixed)
tegynsywek (after-th mutation-mixed)


terros

terròs m (plural teròsow or terrysi or terryji)

terròs (canonical masculine)
teròsow (plural)
terrysi (plural)
terryji (plural)

From Middle Cornish terrus, of unknown origin.

disaster, destruction, downfall, calamity, doom


terros

terròs (canonical masculine)
teròsow (plural)
terros (unmutated)
derros (soft)
therros


trenja

From Late Cornish trenzha, from Middle Cornish trensa, contracted from tre an jydh. See Welsh trennydd.


dy'

dy' (unmutated)
dhy' (soft)
ty'
ty' (mixed)
ty' (after-th mutation-mixed)


dy'gol

dy'golyow (plural)
dy'gol (unmutated)
dhy'gol (soft)
ty'gol
ty'gol (mixed)
ty'gol (after-th mutation-mixed)

From dydh (“day”) + gool (“feast, fair”).


goldheys

gòldheys (canonical masculine)
goldheys (unmutated)
woldheys (soft)
koldheys
hwoldheys (mixed)
woldheys (after-th mutation-mixed)

From gòl + deys (“plural of das”); a feast day of stacks.

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plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="kw">das</i>


golans

golansow (plural)
golans (unmutated)
wolans (soft)
kolans
hwolans (mixed)
wolans (after-th mutation-mixed)

Presumably from go- (“diminutive suffix”) + nans (“valley”). Alternatively, borrowed from Welsh golan under influence from nans.


glynn

glynnow (plural)
glydnow (plural)
glynn (unmutated)
lynn (soft)
klynn

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”).


krognans

krognansow (plural)
krognans (unmutated)
grognans (soft)

From krog + nans; literally "hang-valley".


tnow

tnowi (plural)
tnow (unmutated)
dnow (soft)
thnow


durdadhehwi

[dʏrˈdaðɛˌʍiː]

Contraction of Duw roy dydh da dhywgh hwi; "God give good day to you."


kolebron

kòlebron (canonical feminine)
kolebron (unmutated)
golebron (soft)
holebron

Seemingly from kool (“omen”) + ebron (“sky”); a sky-omen.


dyowl

dyowlow (plural)
dywolow (plural)
dyowl (unmutated)
dhyowl (soft)
tyowl
tyowl (mixed)
tyowl (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Middle Cornish dyawl, from Old Cornish diauol, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβul, borrowed from Latin diabolus. Compare Breton diaoul, Welsh diawl.


dyowles

dyowlesow (plural)
dyowles (unmutated)
dhyowles (soft)
tyowles
tyowles (mixed)
tyowles (after-th mutation-mixed)


bleujyow

From Middle Cornish blegyow; equivalent to bleuj- + -yow.


bleujyow

bleujen (singulative)
bleujyow (unmutated)
vleujyow (soft)
pleujyow
fleujyow (mixed)
vleujyow (after-th mutation-mixed)


bleujennow

bleujennow (unmutated)
vleujennow (soft)
pleujennow
fleujennow (mixed)
vleujennow (after-th mutation-mixed)


bleujen ergh

head

bleujen ergh f (plural bleujennow ergh, collective bleujyow ergh)

bleujennow ergh (plural)
bleujyow ergh (collective)
bleujen ergh (unmutated)
vleujen ergh (soft)
pleujen ergh
fleujen ergh (mixed)
vleujen ergh (after-th mutation-mixed)


wortiwedh

at last, eventually, ultimately, finally


kastik

kastigow (plural)
kastig (unmutated)
gastig (soft)
hastig

From English castigate, from Latin castīgāre. Compare dialectal casteeg, meaning to flog.


kastiga

kastiga (unmutated)
gastiga (soft)
hastiga


-he

berr (“short”) + -he → berrhe (“to shorten”)

tòmm (“hot, warm”) + -he → tòmmhe (“to heat, warm”)

yeyn (“cold”) + -he → yeynhe (“to chill”)

unver (“agreed”) + -he → unverhe (“to agree”)

dowr (“water”) + -he → dowrhe (“to water, irrigate”)


lynn

From Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Cognate with Welsh llyn.


palvek

Only used in botas palvek; pertaining to palms.


-onydh

A fusion of -onieth (“suffix denoting a discipline or science”) + -ydh (“agent suffix”); one who practices a science or discipline.

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hendhyski (“to study the ancient”) + -onydh → hendhyskonydh (“archaeologist”)

brys (“mind”) + -onydh → brysonydh (“psychologist”)

godh- (“root of godhvos, to know”) + -onydh → godhonydh (“scientist”)

duw (“god”) + -onydh → duwonydh (“theologian”)

Forms masculine nouns relating to professions


ardh

From Proto-Brythonic *arð, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos. Cognate with Welsh ardd and Irish ard.


Pennsans

Penzance, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Resrudh

Equivalent to res + rudh, from Old Cornish Rhyd-ruth.

Redruth, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Kammbronn

Camborne, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Hellys

Helston, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Aberfal

Falmouth, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Pennrynn

Penryn, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Lulyn

Newlyn, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Sans Austel

St Austell, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


Tewynblustri

From tewyn + blustri (meaning of "blustri" is unknown).

Newquay, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom


drewydh

drewydhyon (plural)
drewydh (unmutated)
dhrewydh (soft)
trewydh
trewydh (mixed)
trewydh (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (literally “tree-knower”). Cognate with Welsh derwydd, Breton drouiz, Irish draoi.


karyans

Karyans Rag Kernow

Bagasow yma lemmyn ow sevel kaskergh erbynn an Menystrans Karyans, yntredha bagas nowydh re dheuth[…]

1992, “Pons Nowydh?”, in Carn, volumes 76-87, page 16:


gwelen hus

head

gwelen hus f (plural gwelynni hus or gwelydni hus)

gwelynni hus (plural)
gwelydni hus (plural)


majenta

majenta (unmutated)
vajenta (soft)
fajenta (mixed)
vajenta (after-th mutation-mixed)

majenta:


plegya

From Proto-Brythonic *plɨɡɨd, from Latin plicō (“to bend, fold”), cognate with Welsh plygu.


pleg

Back-formation from plegya (“to bend”), cognate with Welsh plyg.


berylliom

berylliom (unmutated)
verylliom (soft)
perylliom
ferylliom (mixed)
verylliom (after-th mutation-mixed)


magnesiom

magnesiom (unmutated)
vagnesiom (soft)
fagnesiom (mixed)
vagnesiom (after-th mutation-mixed)


potassiom

potassiom (unmutated)
botassiom (soft)
fotassiom


kalciom

kalciom (unmutated)
galciom (soft)
halciom


titaniom

titaniom (unmutated)
ditaniom (soft)
thitaniom


manganes

manganes (unmutated)
vanganes (soft)
fanganes (mixed)
vanganes (after-th mutation-mixed)


galliom

galliom (unmutated)
alliom (soft)
kalliom
halliom (mixed)
halliom (after-th mutation-mixed)


germaniom

germaniom (unmutated)
ermaniom (soft)
kermaniom
hermaniom (mixed)
hermaniom (after-th mutation-mixed)


molybdenom

molybdenom (unmutated)
volybdenom (soft)
folybdenom (mixed)
volybdenom (after-th mutation-mixed)


teknetiom

teknetiom (unmutated)
deknetiom (soft)
theknetiom


paladiom

paladiom (unmutated)
baladiom (soft)
faladiom


kadmiom

kadmiom (unmutated)
gadmiom (soft)
hadmiom


teloriom

teloriom (unmutated)
deloriom (soft)
theloriom


bariom

bariom (unmutated)
variom (soft)
pariom
fariom (mixed)
variom (after-th mutation-mixed)


praseodymiom

praseodymiom (unmutated)
braseodymiom (soft)
fraseodymiom


promethiom

promethiom (unmutated)
bromethiom (soft)
fromethiom


gadoliniom

gadoliniom (unmutated)
adoliniom (soft)
kadoliniom
hadoliniom (mixed)
hadoliniom (after-th mutation-mixed)


terbiom

terbiom (unmutated)
derbiom (soft)
therbiom


tantalom

tantalom (unmutated)
dantalom (soft)
thantalom


plobm

From Proto-Brythonic *plum, from Latin plumbum.