2026 Day 126

 2026 Dedh Cans Whegh warn Ügens


























De Merher, wheffes mis Me
Wednesday, 6th May

My a diskevrys an lever-ma e'n leverva Redrüdh. My a venja godhvos mars eus geryow e'n radnyeth kehaval dhe'n geryow e'n tavas Kernôwek. Gero nei whilas!

I discovered this book in Redruth library. I'd like to know if there are words in the dialect similar to words in the Cornish language. Let's have a look!

arrish < stubble (field) > arrish
bannel < broom (plant > banal
biscan < finger-stall > besken
bullies < pebbles > bily
bussa < earthenware pot, crock > bòssa
caunce < flagged stones, paving > cauns
clicky < left-handed > cledhek
clunk < to swallow > clonka
fardle < burden, baggage > fardel
fitcher < polecat, ferret > ficher
frail < carpenter's/shopping bag > frayl
greybird < thrush > mola las
grouder < (decomposed) granite > growan
helling < roofing stone, slab > lehen
horniwink < lapwing > corniwylen
keeve < large tub > cüv
kewny < mildewed, mildew > kewny
launder < guttering > launder
padgetty-pow < newt > pajerpâw
queal < quill, pen > qwillen
scaw < elder tree(s) > scaw
steeved < frozen, freezer > stiver
quilkin, whilky < frog > qwilkin
whitneck < weasel > codna gwydn
widdle < superstition, story > whedhel

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