Lily Rose by the sea · @MammaMu
133 followers · 98 posts · Server mastodon.iow.social
Happy St Piran's Day, Cornwall!
Gool Peran Lowen!
#StPiransDay #Cornwall #Kernow #Kernewek #Kernowek
#stpiransday #cornwall #kernow #kernewek #kernowek
Jon Roach · @FourT4
212 followers · 2745 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Deth da, ty woky! Happy St Piran's Day, one and all!
#saintpiransday #Cornwall #kernow #kernowek
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
68 followers · 67 posts · Server mastodon.socialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7F5FLG_6Jc
#newbooks #novel #HistoricalFiction #historicalnovel #Cornwall #fiction #Kernow #language #celtic #Kernewek #kernowek
#newbooks #novel #historicalfiction #historicalnovel #cornwall #fiction #kernow #language #celtic #kernewek #kernowek
Dermot Quirk · @Derqui
161 followers · 186 posts · Server mastodon.social
Facal Meadhan Ghàidhlig an latha:
Dris - bramble, briar, thornbush, an argumentative person.
dil.ie/18719
#gaidhlig - dris
#gaeilge - dris
#cymraeg - drysi (from dyrys, "tangled, thorny")
#kernowek - dreys
#brezhoneg - drez
"Am fear a bhios fearg air a ghnà 's coltach a ghnè ris an dris."
He who is always angry is of nature like the bramble.
#gaidhlig #gaeilge #cymraeg #kernowek #brezhoneg
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
67 followers · 64 posts · Server mastodon.socialWant some cool music in #Cornish? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEqrLirgtME #Kernewek #Kernowek #Kernow #Cornwall #cornishmusic
#cornish #kernewek #kernowek #kernow #cornwall #cornishmusic
Dermot Quirk · @Derqui
155 followers · 176 posts · Server mastodon.socialMedieval Irish - Marc, generally more poetic word for "'horse" than ech or capall
#kernowek - margh
#cymraeg - march
#brezhoneg - marc'h
#gaidhlig - marc
#gaeilge - marc (archaic)
#IndoEurpoean - *márkos ( a horse)
#English - mare
Marcsluagh - a body of cavalry or mounted infantry
Marccír - a horse-comb
Marcach - a horse-rider, a messenger
"Cha ghabh i coisiche, 's cha tig marcaiche 'g a h-iarraidh."
She wont take a walker, and a rider wont come for her.
#kernowek #cymraeg #brezhoneg #gaidhlig #gaeilge #indoeurpoean #english
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
66 followers · 62 posts · Server mastodon.socialHere is an anthem for the Cornish language I wrote a few years ago - sung by Simon Glanville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLitC5h8BhQ #Kernow #Kernowek #Kernewek #Cornwall #Cornishmusic
#kernow #kernowek #kernewek #cornwall #cornishmusic
Dermot Quirk · @Derqui
155 followers · 176 posts · Server mastodon.social
Facal Meadhan Ghàilig an latha:
Olann - wool
dil.ie/33776
#gaidhlig - olann
#gaeilge - olann
#Scots - Oose
#cymraeg - gwlân
#brezhoneg - gloan
#kernowek - gwlan
Proto Celtic - wlāna
#Latin - lāna
"Moran sgalan, 's beagan olainn, mu'n thuairt Muisein 's e lomadh na muice."
Much cry and little wool as the Devil said when he sheared the boar.
#gaidhlig #gaeilge #scots #cymraeg #brezhoneg #kernowek #latin
Dermot Quirk · @Derqui
155 followers · 176 posts · Server mastodon.social
Facal Meadhan Ghàidhlig an latha:
Tarb - a bull; the thigh were it thickens at the top, loin, buttocks; strong, great, furious
dil.ie/40066
#gaidhlig - tarbh
#gaeilge - tarbh
#cymraeg - tarw
#brezhoneg - tarv
#kernowek - tarow
"Thuit an tarbh coille orra."
The forest bull fell upon them
- A misfortune befell them.
A 'tarbh coille' was a dark cloud, which seen on New Year's eve, portended a stormy season to come. The forest bull is a mythical being that appears in medieval beastiaries.
#gaidhlig #gaeilge #cymraeg #brezhoneg #kernowek
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
66 followers · 61 posts · Server mastodon.social
Dermot Quirk · @Derqui
155 followers · 176 posts · Server mastodon.social
Facal Meadhan Ghàidhlig an latha:
Connad - firewood, split wood, fuel, kindling
dil.ie/12219
#gaeilge - Connadh
#gàidhlig - Connaidh
#cymraeg - Cynnud
#brezhoneg - Keuneud
#kernowek - Kunys
#proto celtic - *kom-dawyo (to kindle)
"Tha uair a ghille chonnaidh air an latha"
The days are lengthening.
The young boy who collected peat (gille chonnaidh) for the fire had more daylight to complete this duty in the days following the Winter solstice.
#gaeilge #gaidhlig #cymraeg #brezhoneg #kernowek #proto
Dermot Quirk · @Derqui
155 followers · 176 posts · Server mastodon.social
Facal Meadhan-Ghàidhlig an latha:
Rón - a seal; a sea animal
dil.ie/35528
#gaidhlig - Ròn
#gaeilge - Rón
#gaelg - Raun
#brezhoneg - Reunig
#kernowek - Reun
Proto Celtic - *râno
Is fhada bho'n uair sin, bho'n a bha cluas air ròn.
"Its long since that time when the seal had ears" .
A common phrase when meeting an old acquaintance in Gàidhlig is "Is fhada bhon uair sin" ( It's long since that time).
#gaidhlig #gaeilge #gaelg #brezhoneg #kernowek
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
63 followers · 55 posts · Server mastodon.socialSanta Claus is coming to town - in Cornish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSGU945gu6Y #Cornish #Cornwall #Kernow #Kernewek #Kernowek #Nadelik #Christmas
#cornish #cornwall #kernow #kernewek #kernowek #nadelik #christmas
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
63 followers · 52 posts · Server mastodon.social
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
63 followers · 50 posts · Server mastodon.socialA #Christmas song in #Cornish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTunW5yDIY #Kernewek #Kernowek #Kernow #Cornwall #Nadelik
#christmas #cornish #kernewek #kernowek #kernow #cornwall #nadelik
Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
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Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
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Matthiabdewi · @matthiabdewi
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vext · @vext
12 followers · 9 posts · Server mastodon.socialFor the Cornish language there were 563 (>80% from Cornwall).
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/language/bulletins/languageenglandandwales/census2021
#cornish #kernowek
vext · @vext
11 followers · 7 posts · Server mastodon.socialAn dra dhien ma alowa skrifa yn Kernowek. Yth esov vy ow skrifa toots.
#kernowek