List of Cornish dialect words
- List of Cornish dialect words
Cornish dialect of English words - some of these terms are obsolete, but some are in current use. [ [http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/johnt/B10358.shtml A Glossary of the Cornish Dialect - K. C. Phillipps 1993 - ISBN 0907018912] ] [ [http://bally.fortunecity.com/sligo/172/dialect.html Cornish dialect dictionary] ]
*Backalong - in former times
*Berrin - funeral
*Better fit - it would be better if...
*Bobber lip - bruised and swollen lip
*Bulhorns - snails
*Buster - someone full of fun and mischief
*Cakey - soft, feeble minded
*Catchpit - a place in the home where everything is dropped
*Chacking - thirsty
*Chacks - cheeks
*Clip - sharp in speaking, curt, having taken offence
*Crowst - a mid-morning break for a snack (crib)
*Dishwasher - water-wagtail
*Dreckley - soon, but not necessarily immediately - like "manana" - but less urgent
*Emmet (Cornish) - ant or more recently crowds of tourists
*Figgy-hobbin - lump of dough, cooked with a handful of raisins
*Flam-new - brand new
*Fitty - proper, properly
*Giss on! - don't talk rubbish!
*Grammersow - woodlouse
*Gwidgee-gwee - a blister, often caused by a misdirected hammer blow
*Kiddlywink - unlicensed beer shop
*Launder - guttering, originally a trough in tin mining
*Larrups - rags, shreds, bits
*Lowance out - to set limits financially
*Maid - girl, girl-friend
*Mazed - mad, angry
*Milky-dashels - leaves and roots of dandelions
*Mind - to remember
*Pisky - pixie
*Planching - a wooden or planked floor
*Proper - satisfactory
*Roar - weep loudly
*Scat - to hit or break
*Squall - to cry
*Squallass - crybaby
*Steeved - frozen
*Teasy - bad-tempered
*Wasson - What's going on
*Wisht - ?
*Urts - whortleberries, bilberries
*Zackley - exactly
*Zam-zoodled - half cooked or over cooked
ee also
*Cornish language
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