Cornish Dictionary

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Standardising Cornish: the politics of a new minority language, by Dave Sayers, in Language problems & language planning (2012) NEW

Teal – to till, cultivate (e.g. 'tealing teddies'; according to folklore Good Friday is the best day in the year to do this) The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.) has "Food, provisions, light meal, etc." (dialectal) as one of the meanings of "crib" giving several examples including quotations from M. A. Courtney's Glossary (1880) and Rowse's Cornish Childhood (1942). Broze – a blaze, a great heat (in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language bros, meaning 'extremely hot') [4] Us two / We two – As in 'there are just we two'; "Us two" is used only in north east Cornwall and "we two" in the rest of Cornwall. [110] Upcountry – a generalised geographical term meaning anywhere which is in England, except for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. (Also, "up the line" or "upward")Yma pub den genys frank hag equal yn dynyta hag yn gwyryow. Ymons y enduys gans reson ha keskans hag y tal dhedhans omdhon an eyl orth y gela yn sperys a vredereth. Holing – working, mining (from Cornish language hwel, meaning 'a mine working') used in phrase "holing in guag", meaning mining somewhere that has already been mined. Learn – teach [66] (from Cornish language desky which means both 'to learn' and 'to teach', similar to French apprendre)

Cornish syntagmatic lexical relations: collocations and multi-word lexemes, in Cornish language research network conference (2015) Kernowek Standard = Standard Cornish - a standard way to write Cornish first published in 2007 mainly by Michael Everson, Neil Kennedy and Nicholas WilliamsTurmut – turnip; or commonly swede (a Cornish pasty is often made of "turmut, 'tates and mate" i.e. swede, potato and meat) Our new course is written in the Standard Written Form of Cornish ( Furv Skrifys Savonek - FSS), now used in public life and in schools. The lessons are also available in Common Cornish ( Kernewek Kemmyn - KK). Bulugen – an earthworm ( Mousehole, in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language buthugan) [4]