Saturday 2 July 2016

More Bits of Late Cornish 4 (places 3)

Places 3
We have already seen some of the buildings, such as a library leverva or leverjy and a theatre gwariva or gwarijy or chei gwary, you might find in a town. Here are some more features of urban, built-up areas:

tre (f)         
town, village
treveglos (f)
town/village with a church
(“churchtown”)
cita[1] (f)
city
gorcita[2] (f)
metropolis
eglos (f)
church
eglos teg (f)
cathedral
or temple
pedneglos (f)
cathedral
chapel
chapel
magor (f)
ruin
gorsav[3]
railway station
gorsav kyttrin[4]
bus station
savla kyttrin
bus stop
kyttrinva[5] (f)
bus stop
marhas (f)         
market
gorvarhas[6] (f)
supermarket
odyans
town hall


[1] pronounced with soft /c/ as in English
[2] gor is a prefix often used to express something that goes beyond everything else, “super”, “ultra”, “sur”, “ultimate”, etc. (mutates to wor after preposition dhe)
[3] that prefix gor again with sav from sevel to stand
[4] the origins of kyttrin for bus are obscure – some people just say bus
[5] that va suffix again, so this is a place to find a bus
[6] that prefix gor again for super


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