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Article: Alphabet of Cornish tree names
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2007
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Dydh da dhywgh hwi oll. Fatell o agas seythun?
Yth esa govynn arta rag an lytherennek Gernewek a wydh...
(No not this flamin' tree thing again!) There's another request
for the Kernewek alphabet of trees...
Ytho fatell wra an rol ma oberi? Wel, an kynsa hanow yw Kernewek
ha'n nessa yw Sowsnek.
So how is this list going to work? Well, the first name is
Kernewek and the second is Sowsnek.
avalenn - apple-tree
besowenn - birch-tree
(chaynys owr) - laburnum
derowenn - oak-tree
elowenn - elm-tree
fowenn - beech-tree
gwernenn - alder-tree
heligenn - willow-tree
idhyowenn - ivy bush
(japanwydhenn) - acer
kelynnenn - holly-bush
lorwydhenn - laurel tree
morwydhenn - mulberry tree
norgaghwydhenn - ...