Words for family members and other relatives in Cornish, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Cornwall in the the southwest of Britain.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female
| Cornish (Kernewek) | |
|---|---|
| family | teylu / týlu |
| parents | parens |
| father | tás / tas |
| mother | mamm |
| children | fleghes |
| son | mab |
| daughter | myrgh |
| husband | gour |
| wife | gwrek |
| brother | broder |
| sister | hwoer / whór |
| uncle | ewnter |
| aunt | modrep |
| cousin | kenderow (m) keniterow (f) |
| nephew | noy |
| niece | nith |
| grandparents | |
| grandfather | keugh sira-wynn |
| grandmother | dama-wynn henvamm mamm-wynn |
| grandchildren | floghwyn |
| grandson | mab-gwynn |
| granddaughter | myrgh-wynn |
| grand nephew | noy-gwynn |
| grand niece | nith-wynn |
| great grandfather | tas-kuv |
| great grandmother | mamm-guv |
| great uncle | gorewnter |
| great aunt | gorvodrep |
| father-in-law | sira-da hwegron |
| mother-in-law | dama dha hweger dama dre lagha |
| brother-in-law | broder da broder dre lagha |
| sister-in-law | hwoer dha |
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Family words in other languages
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