Sunday 3 July 2016

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



[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

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