## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # Contributions to the OCV database -- Part 1 -- Entries 001 - 104 # ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # Description of fields : # 1. ID number given to Vocabularium Cornicum forms in Ken George, _Gerlyver # Kernewek kemmyn: an gerlyver meur Kernewek-Sowsnek_ (Saltash: Cornish # Language Board, 1993). This ID number essentially follows the sequence # of the glosses in the manuscript. # 2. Entry from Zeuss; # 3. Standardised OWCB orthography with misreadings and scribal errors # corrected. # # When non-initial = /d/, = /D/, = /g/, # = /B, M/, = /P/. # can mean /i/ or /I/, can mean /o/ or /9/ # means /uj/ and is used even when the mss has before a # double consonant, so that # means /y/ or the /w/ final element of a diphthong. # 4. Attempt at phonemic OC. # /9/ is (or soon was to become) front open-mid rounded "o-e ligature"; # /B/ bilabial /v/, "beta"; # /M/ nasalised /B/, "mu"; # /P/ bilabial /f/, "phi"; # /B, M, w/ were fairly interchangable in OC, and in most contexts # turn up as MC /w/, otherwise as (labiodental?) /v/. # /e/ may well have been [E] and /o/ [O]. # # Stress is marked <'> directly before the stressed vowel. Note in # polysyllables the accent had recently shifted from the final to the # penult. Very probably elements of the accent were in fact spread across # the two syllables probably well into the MC period. In Welsh the main # dynamic accent switched to the penult, but a clear pitch accent # remains (even in the modern language) on final syllables. This # explains the three (phonetic) vowel lengths. In accented monosyllables # that were open or ended in a single consonant, the vowel received all # elements of the accent and was 'extra long'. Other accented open # syllables were long (often called 'half-long') receiving the stress # accent but not the pitch accent. # 5. Phonemic MC equivalent in "enhanced KK" (Kernewek Gorhemmyn -- # 'thoroughly vulgar Cornish'). The differences are : # a) final unstressed /-e/ and /-a/ are distinguished as in some mss; # b) some attempt is made to distinguish /z/ << /d/ from /s/; # c) the diphthong /yw/ is recognised. # None of these additions are especially controversial, (a) and (b) # are not used in normal KK for practical and esthetic reasons, # while (c) solves a number of minor spelling problems. # 6. Modern English gloss. ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## OCV001a; duy; duyv, duif; /d'ujw/; _duw_; God, god; # MC _duw_ /dyw/ written in mss (rare) # /ujw/ >> /yw/ seems to be regular in Cornish, (in W _Duw_ is irreg.) # Nance _dew_ GLKK _dyw_, usually rhymes with other -uw words. OCV001b; chefuidoc; cefuithoc; /keM'ujT9g/; _kevoethek_; powerful, (later wealthy); # In MC God's usual epithet is _oll-galloezek_ (<< OC *ol-galluitoc # /ollgall'ujdog/) 'all powerful'. # MC /-eg/ << OC /-9g/ << PrimC /-Ag/ << /-a:kos -a:ka: -a:kon/ OCV002; nef; nef; /n'eM/; _nev_; heaven; OCV003; ail; ail; /'ajl/; _el_; angel; # /aj/ >> /e/ is regular OCV004; archail; archail; /'arxajl/; _arghel_; archangel; # Should this be stressed /arx-'ajl/ ? OCV005; steren; steren; /st'erenn/; _sterenn_; star; # n.b. _ster_ coll. 'stars' OCV006; heuul; hewl; /h'ewl/; _howl_; sun; # /ew/ >> /ow/ is regular OCV007; luir; luir; /l'ujr/; _loer_; moon; # in OM OCV008; firmament; ; ; ; ; # undigested Loan OCV009; redegua; retecua; /red'egva/; _rezegva_; course; # _rezek_ 'to run' # _-va_ << /magos/ 'place (where something happens) OCV010a; en; en; /en/; _an_; the; # unstressed proclitic, pretonic /e/ >> /a/ OCV010b; bit; bit; /b'Id/; _byz_; world, the Earth; OCV011; tir; tir; /t'ir/; _tir_; land, dry land; OCV012; doer; doer; /d'o@r/; _dor_; earth, ground; # n.b. in OCV shows the change /uja, oja/ >> /O/ in progress. OCV013; gueret; gueret; /gw'ered/; _gwerez_; soil, earth; OCV014; mor; mor; /m'or/; _mor_; sea; OCV015; spauen m.; spafen m.; /sp'aBenn m./; _spavenn mor_; lull, calm; # Thought to mean 'a quite period between storms etc., respite'. OCV016; m. difeid; m. diffeith; /m. d'iPejT/; _mor difeyth_; open sea; # _difeyth_ << L. _defectus_ normally means 'waste(land), open country' # Should this be stressed /diP'ejT/? OCV017; mor tot; mor tod; /mor t'9D/; _mor teudh_; ocean; # possibly related to W _tawdd, toddi_ 'molten, to melt' also with an # obsolete meaning 'complete'. OCV018; den; den; /d'en/; _den_; man, human being; OCV019; gurruid; gorrith; /g'orriT/; _gorrith_; male, masculine; # see next note OCV020; benenrid; beninrith; /ben'InriT/; _benynrith_; female, feminine; # Unclear if the second element is /rIT, rID, rejT, rejD, riT, riD/. # The second in is probably accidental as this word is found # once in MC at OM 2837 as . # Nance thought RD 0851, 0875 was the same as here, # although _benyn rydh_ 'free woman' is also possible. # GLKK identifies <-r(u)id> with W _rhaith_ B _reizh_, spelling it "reyth", # but includes a second entry "reydh" 'right, regular' from the same WB words. # Perhaps a better identification is with W _rhith_ 'form, appearance, gise' # hence MC _gorrith, benynrith_. # This suffix may have been stressed /gorr'iT, benInr'iT/. OCV021; antromet; antruinet; /antr'ujned/; _antroenez_; neuter; # leg. << L. _androgynus_ + /-ed/ abstr. noun. ending. # Could be reanalysed as _an-troen-ez_ 'state of having no nose'! # "Antroenez yw ow hi ..." OCV022; esel; esel; /'esel/; _esel_; member, limb; OCV023; pen; pen; /p'enn/; _penn_; head, end, chief; OCV024; divuleuuit; ; ; ; crown of head?; # Nance 'dywolewyth' # looks like a masc. duel /dew-/? # Could contain /blew/ 'hair' lenited to OCV025; impinion; impinion; /Imp'Innjon/; _ympynnyon_; brains; # lit. 'the things in the head' like Greek enkephalon OCV026; chil; cil; /k'il/; _kil_; back (not front), recess?, retreat?; OCV027; conna; conna; /k'onna/; _konna_; neck; OCV028; tal; tal; /t'al/; _tal_; forehead, gable end; OCV029; trein; truin; /tr'ujn/; _troen_; nose; # looks like a pl.? OCV030; fruc; friic; /Pr'i-ig/; _frig_; nostril; # 2 sylls condensed to one # ms has also been read as OCV031; bleu yn pen; blew en pen; /bl'ew en p'enn/; _blew an penn_; 'hair of the head'; # Could the def. art. have two forms; m. , f. ?? OCV032; gols; gols; /g'ols/; _gols_; head of hair; # << /gwolt/ >> W _gwallt_. OCV033; cudin; cutin; /k'ydInn/; _kudynn_; curl, lock of hair, tangle, problem; OCV034; scouarn; scofarn; /sk'ovarn/; _skovarn_; ear; OCV035; grud; grud; /gr'yD/; _grudh_; cheek, jaw; OCV036; erieu; eriou; /'erjow/; _eryow_; temples of head; OCV037; enuoch; en voch; /en B'ox/; _an vogh_; the cheek; # _bogh_ << Lat. _bucca_. OCV038; abrans; abrans; /'abrans/; _abrans_; eyebrow; # cf. W _amrant_ 'eyelid' OCV039; bleuenlagat; blew en lagat; /bl'ew en l'agad/; _blew an lagaz_; eyelash; # lit. 'hair of the eye'. OCV040; lagat; lagat; /l'agad/; _lagaz_; eye; OCV041; legeit; legeit; /l'egejd/; _*legez_; eyes; # The MC plural is _lagazow_ for eyes in general, _dewlagaz_ 'a pair of eyes'. OCV042; biuenlagat; biw en lagat; /b'Iw en l'agad/; _byw an lagaz_; pupil; # lit. 'the live of the eye'. OCV043; genau; genau; /g'enaw/; _ganow_; mouth; # vowel change irreg. OCV044; ascorn; ascorn; /'askorn/; _askorn_; bone; OCV045; dans; dans; /d'ans/; _dans_; tooth; # << dant OCV046; dannet; ; ; ; ; # 'teeth' in Welsh _dannedd_ # the MC pl is _dens_ or _dyns_ OCV047; tauot; tafot, tawot; /t'aB9d, t'aw9d/; _tavez_; tongue; OCV048; stefenic; stefenic, stefnic; /st'eM@nig, st'eMnig/; _stewnik_; palate; OCV049; gueus; gue(f)us; /gw'e(B)ys/; _gwe(v)us_; lip; OCV050; briansen; briansen; /brI'ansenn/; _bryansenn_; throat, windpipe; OCV051; elgeht; elgeth; /'elgeT/; _elgeth_; chin; OCV052; barf; barf; /b'arB/; _barv_; beard; OCV053; baref; baref; /b'ar@B/; _barv_; beard; # var. of previous entry. OCV054; guar; guar; /gw'arr/; _gwarr_; nape of neck; OCV055a; cluit; cluit; /kl'ujd/; _kloez_; hurdle, lattice, creel, rib-cage; OCV055b; duiuron; duivron; /d'ujBronn/; _diwvronn_; chest, (two) breasts; # /duj/ two f. >> /diw/ by metathesis (?) # It's possible that these duals could be stressed on the second element # i.e. /duj-Br'onn/ etc. OCV056; colon; colon; /k'olonn/; _kolonn_; heart; OCV057; sceuens; scefens; /sk'eMens/; _skevens_; lungs; OCV058; aui; afi; /'aBi/; _avi_; liver; OCV059; bistel; bistel; /b'Ist@l/; _bystel_; bile, gall; OCV060; glas; glas; /gl'as/; _glas_; stomach, maw; OCV061; lepilloit; leithelluit?; /lejT'ellujd/; _leythelloez_??; spleen; # ms also read as # MC _leyth_ moist, flabby, flounder (fish) + _-ell_ dim. ending # + _oez_ << OC /-uid/ verbal noun ending? # This is a fairly wild guess, but probably no worse than many in the # literature. It's a while since I handled a spleen, or for that matter # a flounder, but the resemblance isn't beyond the bounds of semantic # possibility. OCV062; blonec; blonec; /bl'oneg/; _blonek_; fat; OCV063; suif; suif; /s'ujB/; _suw_; suet, tallow; # GLKK _soev_ # << British /sejbon/ << L. _se:bum_. OCV064; culurionein; coluDionen; /kolyDj'onenn/; _koludhyonenn_; bowel; # Nance suggests that a thorn was read as a (long) . OCV065; enederen; ; ; ; ; OCV066; guid; guit; /g'ujd/; _goez_; blood; # ms also read as OCV067; chic; cic; /k'ig/; _kig_; flesh, meat; OCV068; he; cen; /k'enn/; _kenn_; hide, skin; OCV069; croin; croin, crohen; /kr'ojn, kr'oxen/; _*kroyn, kroghen_; skin; OCV070; scuid; scuid; /sk'ujD/; _skoedh_; shoulder; OCV071; chein; cein; /k'ejn/; _keyn_; back; OCV072a; tor; tor; /t'orr/; _torr_; belly, womb; OCV072b; talon; ; ; ; ; OCV073; brech; brech; /br'ex/; _bregh_; arm; # << /brajx/ OCV074; elin; elin; /'elin/; _elin_; elbow; OCV075a lau; ; ; ; ; # Welsh for 'hand' _llaw, llof-_ OCV075b lof; lof; /l'9M/; _leuv_; hand; OCV076; bis; bis; /b'Is/; _bys_; finger, toe, digit; OCV077; bess; ; ; ; ; # var. of _bys_? OCV078; bes; ; ; ; ; # var. of _bys_? OCV079; euuin; ewin; /'ewin/; _ewin_; finger nail; OCV080; palf; palf; /p'alM/; _palv_; palm of hand; OCV081; chefals; cefals; /k'eMals/; _kevals_; joint; # << /kev + alt/. OCV082; tenepen; tenewen; /ten'ewen/; _tenewen_; side, flank; # ms also read as OCV083; asen; asen; /'asenn/; _asenn_; rib; # pl. _asow_. OCV084; duiglun; duiglun; /d'uj-glyn/; _diwglun_; (two) hips; # _diw_ 'two' f. metathesis from OC /duj/. # possibly stressd /duj-gl'yn/. OCV085; goiuen; guifen; /g'ujwenn/; _guwenn_; sinew, tendon; # GLKK _gwewenn_ and _giow-enn_. # [MC (PC 2681) looks like a scribal error for 'two' which fits # the context, as though the scribe was about to write and changed in # mid-word. is rarely used in this ms and identification with W. _giau_ # seems mistaken. In any case W. _giau_ depends on a special development not # found in Cornish, so :- ] # Not in MC, resurfaces as LC the expected form. OCV086; guid; guith; /g'ujT/; _goeth_; vein; # GLKK gives _goeth_ 'stream', _gwyth_ 'vein' OCV087; morboit; morduit; /m'orDujd/; _mordhoez_; thigh; OCV088; penclun; penclun; /p'ennklyn/; _penn-klun_; hip, point of hip?; # May have been stressed /penn-kl'yn/. OCV089; penclin; penglin; /p'ennglin/; _penn-glin_; knee, kneecap; # May have been stressed /penn-gl'in/. OCV090; cheber; ceter; /k'ed9r/; _keder_; pubes; # Lhuyd has 'groin' and on the basis of this and W. _cedor_, # B. _k(a)ezour_, Nance reconstructed "kethor", KJG in GLKK "kedhor". # Neither refer to this entry. Reading as this could have # /d/ as in W. of /D/ as suggested by the B form. The 'best fit' for # OC (= /D/ or /d/) and Lhuyd's is probably /d/. The final vowel # seems to be /e ~ o/ both from original /9/, or in W /o/ << /aw/, all # going back to British /a:/ ?? OCV091; logodenfer; logotenfer; /log'odenn P'er/; _logozenn fer_; calf of leg?; # lit. 'mouse leg'! OCV092; fer; fer; /P'er/; _fer_; leg, shank; OCV093; elescher; escer; /'esker/; _esker_; ridge, shin; OCV094; lifern; uffern; /'yPern/; _ufern_; ankle; OCV095; truit; truit; /tr'ujd/; _troez_; foot; OCV096; godentruit; goden-truit; /goD@n-tr'ujd/; _godhen-troez_; sole of foot; # << /gwodn-/ cf. W. _gwadn_, dial. _gwaddan_. OCV097; bis truit; bis-truit; /bIs tr'ujd/; _bys-troez_; toe; # lit 'foot digit' OCV098; epincarn; ewin-carn; /'ewin k'arn/; _ewin-karn_; hoof nail; # ms also read as # _karn_ alone means 'hoof', _ewin_ means 'finger/toe nail, claw' etc. OCV099; hupeltat; u3el-tat; /'yxel d'ad/; _ugheldaz_; patriarch; # lit. 'high father' # ms also read as OCV100; profuit; proffuit; /pr'oPujd/; _profoez_; prophet; OCV101; apostol; apostol; /ab'ostol/; _abostol_; apostle; OCV102; archescop; archepscop; /arx'epskob/; _arghepskop_; archbishop; OCV103; escop; epscop; /'epskob/; _epskop_; bishop; OCV104; ruifanaid; ruifanaith; /rujM'anajT/; _ruwaneth_; sovereignty, kindom; # Derivative of OC prob. << /ri:gis@mos/ 'most royal' or # /ri:gjamon/ 'ruler'?? All its derivatives seem to infix -an(n)- # Words in OC /ujw/ >> MC /yw/ have really got the # lexicographers in a muddle. Nance has "revaneth", GLKK "rywvaneth" # but wonders if it should be "roevaneth". ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## # End of file