kenn

See also: Kenn and Kënn

Cornish

Alternative forms

• kedn (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [kɛnː]

Noun

kenn m (plural kennow)

1. peel, scum, skin

Derived terms

• kennek (“scummy”)
• kennen (“membrane”)

Mutation

  Mutation of kenn  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kenn	genn	henn	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Further reading

• “kenn”, in Gerlyver Kernewek [Cornish Dictionary]

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

kenn

1. singular imperative of kennen

Maltese

Root
k-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَنَّ (kanna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛn/

Verb

kenn (imperfect jkenn, past participle miknun)

1. to shelter, provide shelter for

Conjugation

Conjugation of kenn
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	kennejt	kennejt	kenn		kennejna	kennejtu	kennew
	f			kennet
imperfect	m	nkenn	tkenn	jkenn		nkennu	tkennu	jkennu
	f			tkenn
imperative			kenn				kennu

Noun

kenn m (plural kennijiet or knien)

1. shelter, refuge