Sunday, 28 February 2016

Personal Descriptions 17 (birth marriage and death)

Now that we know how to express dates we need to know what life events are important enough to have dates: hatches <genesigethow>, matches <demedhyansow> and despatches <encledhyansow>!

genesigeth
(SWFM genesygeth)
birth
genys
born
a veu genys
was born
bejidh[1] (SWFM besidh)
baptism
bejidhyes (SWFM besidhyes)
baptised, christened
cristonyes        
christened
demedhyans
marriage, wedding
maryach
marriage
demedhys        
married
a veu demedhys
was married
maryes
married
torva demedhyans (f)        
divorce
didhemedhyans        
divorce
didhemedhys
divorced
a veu didhemedhys
was divorced
gwedhow
widowed
mernans
death
marow
dead
a dhecessyas
died, deceased
a verwas
died, passed away
encledhyans[2]
(SWFM ynkleudhyans)  
burial
encledhys         
buried
a veu encledhys
was buried



[1]  You can also use the English borrowing <baptysm>
[2]  RG has ancledhiaz

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