lowarn
Cornish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Cornish louuern, from Proto-Brythonic *llowern, from Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).
Noun
editlowarn m (plural lewern)
- fox
- Lebma fo an bugel medhel, an lowarn a leha an devysyow.
- Where the shepherd is slack, the fox reduces the sheep.
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- Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish
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- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish nouns
- Cornish masculine nouns
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