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This is a basic English-Cornish word list. Therefore, if you wish to search for the word for 'house', simply click on the 'H', and then page through the search results. You can also search for the word in either English or Cornish in the facility below the alphabet. This compendium is being built from scratch. Therefore, be a little patient as it might take some time to construct.

 

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bacon - bakken

bad - drog

ball - pel

fem. (an bel) plural: pelyow

bank - arghannti

bank - glann

(of river) fem. (an lann)

be - bos

verb

be - bos

verb. I am going = yth esov ow mos... I am Matthew = Matthew ov It is a dog = ki yw There is a dog = Yma ki They are happy = lowen yns

beach - treth

beach trees - fowydh

beans - fav

ny rov favenn goeg anodho = I don't give an empty bean about it (I don't care)

bed - gweli

plural: gweliow

beer - korev

plural: korevow bitter: korev hwerow

bicycle - diwros

big - bras

found in place names as 'braze' 'brawse'

big - bras

binding board - aden

bird - edhen

plural = ydhyn

bird - edhen

plural: ydhyn

Black - Du

black - du

blood - goes

bloody - goesek

blue - glas

also used as green for living things or the colour of the sky.

boat - skath

plural: skathow

boat - skath

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