Tuesday 5 July 2016

More Bits of Late Cornish 12 (landscape features 4)

Landscape Features 4
Cultivating the land obviously affects the Cornish landscape, so here is some vocabulary dealing with farming, etc.:
bargen tir 
a farm
hendra (f)
a home farm
tiek  
a farmer
chei tiek
a farm house
treven, trev
farmsteads
godrev (f)
a smallholding
skiber (f)  
a barn
skiber Holland (f)
a Dutch barn
carrjy        
a garage
tractor
a tractor
kerrik
a cart
a carriage
crow kerrigow
a cart shed
crow mogh       
a pigsty
crow yer
a chicken house
crow gever
a goat shed
bûgh (f)
a cow
bowjy
a cowshed
corlan[1]
a sheepfold
margh
a horse
marghty   
a stable
presep
a manger
garth         
an enclosure[2]
ke
a hedge
kew (f)
an enclosure
a paddock
gwinlan (f)         
a vineyard
lety
dairy



[1] Not to be confused with corfflan graveyard!
RG has boudzhi deves.
[2] though garth in some place names means cat

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