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The Cornish Language: an Kernowek or an Kernewek.
Vocabulary
The order of the words in the vocabulary follows their occurrence in the story. The letter (f) signifies that the noun is feminine. All nouns without a letter are masculine. Remember that the first letters of words in Celtic languages mutate to other letters in various situations.
| Cornish | English | Cornish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| me | I | nag era | was/were not |
| zavaz | stood | dacrow | tears |
| war | on | era a resak | which were flowing |
| an | the | a | my |
| treath (f) | beach | lagadgow | eyes |
| hag | and | nag era ... buz | were only |
| meeras urt | to watch | thera e | he was |
| gorroll | ship | an ... na | that, those |
| broaz | big | teag | beautiful |
| lean | full | therava | he was |
| e | his, its | aweeth | too, also |
| golow | sails | era a colow | who was sailing |
| gwidn | white | rag dendel | to earn |
| e | he, it | mear a | much, a lot of |
| golowe | was sailing | muna | money |
| caar | away | lebma | ago, from here |
| pel | far | ower | how |
| drez | across | e | he |
| moar | sea | am | me |
| alga | could | sendgaz | held |
| gwellhas | to see | et e thefra | in his (two) arms |
| whathe | still, yet | a paya | kissing |
| an deeze | the people | a dewvoh | my (two) cheeks |
| warnotha | on him, on it | gleab | wet |
| ago | their | vedn | will |
| dilladgow | clothes | doaz | to come |
| spladna | to shine | arta | again |
| gen | with | doaz arta | to return |
| lewiow | colours | meth e | he said |
| rooz | red | na vadama | I will not |
| blou | blou | tha | you |
| gwear | green | nakevy | to forget |
| thera | there was/were | crees | believe! |
| leeaz | many | them | (to) me |
| dean | man, person | perama | when I will |
| stennorion | tinners, miners | nye | we |
| ha | and | veath | will have |
| rerol | others | louare | enough |
| gwregeth | wives | ell | can |
| hago | and their | dimetha | to marry |
| flehaz | children | na oram | I do not know |
| oatham | need | an peath a | what |
| a | of | reegam | I did |
| than | to/for the | lavaral | to say |
| bala wheal | mines | scone | soon |
| en | in | pagee | please |
| Ostralya (f) | Australia | deez | come! |
| dehow | south | deez arta | return! |
| mennow | often | theram | I am |
| gorrollion | ships | a credge | believing |
| golowe | would sail | nena | then |
| thurt | from | resa | had to |
| porthow | ports | moaz | to go |
| Kernow (f) | (of) Cornwall | gwenz | wind |
| a kemeras caar | taking away | a whetha | was blowing |
| teeze | men, people | tha greffa | more strongly |
| Kernooak | Cornish | lebben | now |
| erel | other | tho | was |
| tha | to | en peldar | in the distance |
| teera | lands | a pooze | leaning |
| pel | far | na ra | will not |
| na | no | buz | but |
| rag | for (the sake of) | armorow | waves |
| angye | them, they | gwage | empty |
| nag eram | I was not | kerras | to walk, to travel |
| whola | to cry | pezealla termen | how long? |
| edn | one | vetha | will it be? |
| blethan (f) | year | ne | until |
| meeliow | thousands | ra ... degge | will carry |
| stennor | tinner, miner | an ... na | that, those |
| araz | left | e | him, it |
| agon | our | thubba | hither, to here |
| pow | land, country | a rava doaz | will he come? |
| bean | small | nevra | ever |
| rag golow |
to sail |
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