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