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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pobel (f) | people, nation | an ... ma | this, these |
| mear | great | pub oll | everyone |
| aweeth | too, also | oya | knew |
| nye | we | per tha | very well |
| ve | were | nag | not |
| ooz | age, time | bownas | life |
| Brettenow | Britons | gwellez | seen |
| en | in | lagaz | eye |
| teere | land | doaz | to come |
| teag | beautiful, fair | an Sousen | the English |
| ma | this | than | to the |
| prydythiow | poets, bards | rowliez | ruled |
| cana | to sing | dorn (f) | hand |
| (a)go | their | uncooth | foreign |
| canow | songs | mouy | more |
| coath | old | en deweth | at last, finally |
| maternow | kings | ma | there is/there are |
| arlithi | lords | gellez | gone |
| hago | and their | eze | there is/there are |
| marrogean | knights | kellez | lost |
| thera | there was/there were | (a)gon | our |
| brezelarion | warriors | esperans | hope |
| Keltack | Celtic | boaz | to be |
| broaz oberez | valiant | arta | again |
| ha | and | na | no |
| creav | strong | predeere | to think |
| gen | with | et e gever | about him, about it |
| cota | coat | kelaz | to hide |
| crohan (f) | leather | tha | your |
| cletha | sword | dewhan (f) | sorrow |
| po | or | rag | rag |
| gwarrack | bow | termeniow | times |
| lavrack | trousers | kemeras | to take |
| gwidn | white | gwedran (f) | (a) glass |
| palez | laced | lenoll | to fill |
| due | black | hye | she, it |
| pan | when | lean | full |
| alga | could | gweene | wine |
| Bretten | Briton | rooz | red |
| saval | to stand | wheag | sweet |
| ewhall | tall, high | lowena | joy |
| gwear | strong | dry | to bring |
| tha | to | downsya | to dance |
| lavaral | to say | muzzi | girls |
| e | his | journa | day |
| prederiow | thoughts | noze (f) | night |
| hay ... eve | and his | wherhin | to laugh |
| whange | desire | cowetha | friends |
| tavaz | language, tongue | gwariow | games |
| Brethonack | British | luck | chance |
| e honen | his own, himself | kene | otherwise |
| cowz | to speak | cuska | to sleep |
| clappiez | spoken | heb | without |
| pow | land | crewetha | to lie |
| ken | before | crees | peace |
| meele (f) | (a) thousand | defra | (two) arms |
| blethan (f) | year | carenga | love |
| mouy | more | whathe | still, yet |
| hag | and | hendres | dream |
| vorr | way | colan (f) | heart |
| stella | always, ever | Kernooak | Cornish |
| clowez | heard | treegas | to live (on), to continue |
| coweth | friend | etta ve | in me |
| a | my | creia | to call |
| cothman | comrade | them | to me |
| ma ... ve | my | cosoleth | quietness |
| goodg | blood | pandrella | pandra + ella |
| matern | king | pandra | what? |
| gwicor | merchant | ella | can |
| poscader | fisherman | ve | I |
| teeack | farmer | gweel | to do |
| dean wheal | servant | an ... na | that, those |
| veeth | no, none | me | I |
| buz | but | vedn | will |
| oll | all | clappia | to speak (fluently) |
| par | equal | eyth | language |
| frank | free | a hendasow | my ancestors |
| perthy ko | to remember | gweetha | to keep |
| tew | side | heynes | tradition |
| orol | other | barha ve | beside me |
| beaz | (a) world | nena | then |
| mar | so | leaufe | voice |
| coath | old, ancient | Kernow (f) | Cornwall |
| crumbla (f) | (prehistoric) tomb | veath | will be |
| han | and the | clowez | heard |
| hendredga |
dreams |
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