KESCOWS NEBES MOY
CORNISH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE
Second Edition
Ian Jackson
Supplementary to Gerlyver Kescows
and continuously reviewed and expanded
SECTION 10
COUNTRYSIDE
Last updated: 27 February 2025 (19:00)
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The purpose of Kescows Nebes Moy is to enable Cornish conversation about most non-specialist subjects without the need to switch into English. A first edition appeared in 2018. Cornish vocabulary items not found in Gerlyver Kescows were presented for the first time in classified lists that take the learner beyond elementary vocabulary, enabling conversation about more technical topics that nonetheless form part of everyday life.
The first edition was necessarily quite experimental, and was confined to just five thousand entries. Much has been learned since the first edition appeared. This second edition is being developed in more comprehensive form on-line. In particular we are considering families wishing to speak Cornish in the home, as well as the challenge of establishing potential for teaching through the medium of Cornish in primary and secondary schools.
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We are very grateful to Professor Nicholas Williams and Michael Everson for the opportunity to coordinate these lists with drafts of their Gerlyver Brâs.
If you are supportive of revived traditional Cornish and the Kernowek Standard spelling system, please let us know in the event you find any errors or think something might be improved.
A word has a single stress accent on the penultimate syllable in the absence of any specific indication. When this accent falls elsewhere, the underlined vowel marks the syllable which is stressed. The symbol ‖ after a word indicates that, instead of a single stress accent, two syllables of the word are given prominence. In the case of a disyllabic word the prominence is usually slightly stronger on the adjectival element.
10-A GENERAL
fâss an pow phr lie of the land
keyndir ‖ m keyndiryow ‖ hinterland Also background (figuratively)
randir a les sciensek arbednyk phr area of special scientific interest
randir a veurdecter naturek phr area of outstanding natural beauty
tirwedh ‖ f tirwedhow ‖ landscape
10-B HILL, VALLEY
adyt m adyts adit
bròn (born) m bronyow (bronyon) hill
bryn m brynyow hill
cadon f range (mountains)
clegerek adj craggy
clog f clogow crag
crackya codna phr sheer, precipitous
crugel f crugellow little mound
drum (trum) m drumyow ridge, hogsback
esker f eskeryow spur
glyn m glydnow glen
gobans (golans) m gobansow dingle
godolgh m godolhow tump
golowva f golowvaow beacon
keynans m keynansow ravine, gorge
lamleder ‖ f lamledrow ‖ lover's leap, precipice
menedhek adj hilly; mountainous
menettir m wold(s)
mùjoven f mùjovednow ridge, hilltop
nans m nansow valley
nans ha bryn phr undulating country
pans m pansow hollow, dingle
qwarry m quarry
rajel m scree
run m runyow hillside, slope
runen f runednow hillock
sëghnans ‖ m sëghnansow ‖ dry gully
tenow (tnow) m tenwyn vale, dale
tirnans ‖ m land in a valley
tolgh m tolhow hillock
10-C MOOR, MEADOW
buthyn m buthynow meadow
dol f dolow water meadow The sense is any valley land that is susceptible to flooding
glasen f glasednow green space
glaswels col growing grass, pasture
gûnran ‖ f gûnradnow