Other hairy features you might need to describe:
abranjow (abransow in Middle Cornish). eyebrows
blew lagas eyelashes
minvlew moustache
bar (barv in Middle Cornish) beard
Here are some
other descriptions that might apply to hairy parts:
berr short
compes straight
crüllys curly
(pronounced
/krillez/)
hes cres mid-length
hir long
tanow thin/sparse
tew thick
todnek wavy
If you have no hair, of course, you may need the
following:
mool bald
pedn pilys a
bald person
heb blew hairless
(without hair)
Pedn pilys o vy. I’m a bald person.
Ma dhebm blew hir ha compes.
I have long and straight hair.
great stuff Jan, really useful. One oint, though: you give 'yowynk' as MC. Nicholas William reckons the word is not Cornish and there is no trace of it: it is a revivalist invention. Might he be right?
ReplyDeletegreat stuff Jan, really useful. One oint, though: you give 'yowynk' as MC. Nicholas William reckons the word is not Cornish and there is no trace of it: it is a revivalist invention. Might he be right?
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ReplyDeleteI wouldn't argue with what Nicholas says
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