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Vocabulary - Animals in Cornish
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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary related to Animals in Cornish.
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Main Animals in Cornish[edit | edit source]
| English | Cornish |
|---|---|
| bear(s) | ors(es) |
| Billy goat(s) | bogh / bohes |
| bull(s) | tarow / terewi |
| burrow(s) | toll / tell |
| calf / calves | leugh / leuhi |
| cat(s) | kath(es) |
| cow(s) | bugh / buhes |
| deer(s), hart(s) | karow / kerwys |
| doe(s), hind(s) | ewik / ewigow |
| donkey(s) | asen(es) |
| farm(s) | bargen(yow)-tir |
| farmer(s) | tiek / tiogyon |
| fawn(s) | elen(es) |
| foal(s) | ebel(i) |
| fox(es) | lowarn / lewern |
| goat(s) | gaver / gever |
| hare(s) | skovarnek / skovarnoges |
| hedgehog(s) | sort(es) |
| horse(s) | margh / marhes |
| kid(s) | mynnen / mynn |
| kitten(s) | kathik / kathigow |
| lamb(s) | on / eyn |
| mare(s) | kasek / kasegi |
| mole(s) | godh(ow) |
| mouse / mice | logosen(now), logos |
| ox / oxen | ojyon / ohen |
| pig(s) | hogh / hohes |
| piglet(s) | porhellik / porheligow |
| pony(s) | hobi(s) |
| puppy / puppies | kolyn / kelyn |
| rabbit(s) | konin(es) |
| ram(s) | hordh(es) |
| rat(s) | rath(es) |
| she-ass | kasek asen |
| she-bear | orses |
| sheep | davas / deves |
| she-wolf | bleydhes |
| squirrel(s) | gwiwer(ow) |
| stallion(s) | margh/mergh kellek |
| wolf / wolves | bleydh(es) |
Main Birds in Cornish[edit | edit source]
| English | Cornish |
|---|---|
| chick(s) | mabyar / mabyer |
| crow(s) | bran / brini |
| dove(s) | kolom / kelemmi |
| duck(s) | hos / heyji |
| eagle(s) | er(es) |
| goose / geese | goodh / godhow |
| hawk(s), falcon(s) | hok / hokys |
| hen(s) | yar / yer |
| nest(s) | neyth(ow) |
| partridge(s) | grugyar / grugyer |
| peacock(s) | payon(yow) |
| pheasant(s) | fesont / fesons |
| raven(s) | bran vras / brini bras |
| rooster(s) | kulyek(es) |
| seagull(s) | goolan / golanes |
| swan(s) | alargh / elergh |
| turkey | kulyek Gyni |
| vulture(s) | hok/hokys karyn |
Main Fishes in Cornish[edit | edit source]
| English | Cornish |
|---|---|
| goldfish(es) | owrbysk / owrbuskes |
| tuna(s) | touna(s) |
| shark(s) | morvleydh(i) |
| dolphin(s) | morhogh / morhohes |
| whale(s) | morvil(es) |
| seal(s) | reun / reunes, reunyon |
| land turtle(s), tortoise(s) | melhwioges(ow), |
| leech(es) | gel(es) |
Main Insects in Cornish[edit | edit source]
| English | Cornish |
|---|---|
| ant(s) | moryonen / moryon |
| anthill | krug moryon |
| bee(s) | gwenenen / gwenen |
| beehive | kowel(low)-gwenen |
| beekeeper(s) | gwenenydh(yon) |
| beetle(s) | hwil(es) |
| bumblebee(s) | gwenenen wyls / gwenen gwyls |
| butterfly / butterflies | tykki-Duw / tykiow-Duw |
| cicada(s) | gryll(es) pras |
| cockroach(es) | hwil/hwiles du |
| cricket(s) | gryll(es) |
| dragonfly / dragonflies | nader/nadres margh |
| firefly / fireflies | hwil(es)-tan |
| fly / flies | kelyonen / kelyon |
| grasshopper | kulyek-reden |
| hornet(s) | hwyrnores(ow) |
| horse fly/flies | sodronen / sodron |
| ladybug(s) | buhik-Duw / buhigow-Duw |
| midge(s), gnat(s) | gwibesen / gwibes |
| mosquito(es) | moskito(s) |
| praying mantis(es) | mantys(yow) pysi |
| scorpion(s) | skorpyon(s) |
| spider web(s) | gwias(ow) kevnis |
| spider(s) | kevnisen / kevnis |
| wasp(s) | gohien / gohi |
Zoo Animals in Cornish[edit | edit source]
| English | Cornish |
|---|---|
| bat(s) | askel-grohen / eskelli-krohen |
| camel(s) | kowrvargh / kowrvergh |
| cheetah(s) | chytrak / chytrages |
| crocodile(s) | krokodil(es) |
| dromedary / dromedaries | dremedal(es) |
| elephant(s) | olifans(es) |
| giraffe(s) | jiraf(es) |
| gorilla(s) | gorilla / gorilles |
| hippopotamus / hippos | dowrvargh / dowrvergh |
| hyena(s) | usvil(es) |
| jackal(s) | owrgi / owrgeun |
| kangaroo(s) | kangarou(s) |
| leopard(s) | lewpard(es) |
| lion(s) | lew(yon) |
| lioness(es) | lewes(ow) |
| monkey(s) | sim(es) |
| ostrich(es) | strus(yow) |
| panther(s) | tiger/tigri du |
| parrot(s) | papynjay(ow) |
| rhinoceros | trongornvil(es) |
| tiger(s) | tiger / tigri |
| zebra(s) | zebra / zebres |
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