skovarn
Cornish
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Etymology
From Middle Cornish scovarn, scovern, scovorn, from Old Cornish scouarn, from Proto-Brythonic *skuβarn. Cognate with Breton skouarn, archaic Welsh ysgyfarn.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈskɔvarn]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈskɔvɐrn]
Audio (Revived Middle Cornish): (file)
Noun
skovarn f (dual diwskovarn, plural skovornow)
Derived terms
- bysow skovarn (“earring”)
- drog skovarn (“earache”)
- moflys skovarn (“earmuffs”)
- skovarnek (“big-eared; hare”)
- skovarnigow (“headphones”)
References
- ^ Deshayes, Albert (2003), Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, pages 669-70