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) | |
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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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