More Bits of Late Cornish 14 (landscape features 5)

Landscape Features 5

Here is a look at some more highs and lows of the landscape. As you can see, some words have several meanings, which one is appropriate in a place name will be evident by the geography. On the other hand, some common geographical features have several names:

barr	summit
gwartha (adj)	higher, upper, top, summit
pedn	summit, head, top, end
carn	tor
drubm	ridge
criben (f)	ridge
toal (f)	brow
kil	back
keyn	ridge, back, keel
ros	hill-spur, promontory, moor
rosyow (pl)	hill-spurs
goon (f)	down (moorland), upland
gonyow (pl)	downs
hal (f)	marsh, moor
halow (pl)	marshes
keunek (f)	reed bed, marsh
keunegy (pl)	reed beds
gwern (collective)	marsh
fenten (f)	spring, source, well
fentydnyow (pl)	springs
nans[1] (in place names)	valley, dale
glydn	deep wooded valley, glen
stras	flat-bottomed valley
strasow (pl)	flat-bottomed valleys
valy	valley
golans	small valley
pans	dell, dingle, hollow

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[1]  older nant, often modified to lan, etc., but war-nans means downhill