More Bits of Late Cornish 6 (landscape features 2)

Landscape Features 2

Cornwall has more coastline to land area than any other county in the British Isles. So here is some coastal vocabulary:

pedn tir	headland
als (f)	cliff
cleger	cliff, crag, precipice
clog (f)	cliff, crag
an glog	the cliff/crag
carrek (f)	rock[1]
an garrek	the rock
crib (f)	reef
an grib	the reef
porth, por’[2]	cove, harbour, haven, port
porthva[3] (f)	wharf
logh	inlet
heyl	estuary, river mouth
towen, tewyn[4]	dune
treth[5]	beach, sand, seashore
heylyn	creek
enys	island
fow (f)	cave

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[1] perhaps the most famous rock is St Michael’s Mount – Carrek Loos e’n Coos grey rock in the wood

[2] often becomes pol in place names

[3] This is a neologism – cay  may be a better word to use

[4] pronounced a bit like “towan” seen in place names, though not all place names containing “towan” are derived from dune

[5]  the verb tretha to ferry may  be an alternative to treth beach in place names