Lexicon over Cornish nouns
Short overview of the types
Masculines
- m = ow plural
- m-yow = yow plural (all new 2020 masculines assigned here)
- m-ys = ys plural
- m-yon = yon plural
- m-yn = yn plural not implemented yet
- m-ag = -(y)er agent nouns
- m-es = -es plural
- *m-ens ** = -ens plural *not implemented yet
- m-s = -s plural
- m- = balek-wörter
- m-dual = Duals not implemented yet
- m-aff = Root vowel change
- m-yon = yon plural
- m-aff-i = i plural
- m-sgtantum = Singularia tantum
- m-pltantum = Pluralia tantum
Feminines
- f = ow plural
- f-yow = yow plural
- f-yon = yon plural
The stems
- LEXICON Noun contains all the nouns
Exceptions
ki, den, ojyon, …
Regular nouns
Masculine
lexc syntax:
lemmaform:stem continuationlexicon “facultative translation” ; without the colon, lemmaform and stem are identical. The morphology is then handeled in noun-kor-morph.txt
Here the noun types begin:
ow plural
All -(y)ans nouns are here even though the dictionary lists no plurals for them (Brown, p. 30)
- abatti m “abbey” ;
- abes m “abbot” ; …
yow plural
- aber m-yow “river mouth” ;
- grogys m-yow “belt” ; …
ys plural
- acheson m-ys “reason” ;
- adamant m-ys “diamond” ; …
yon plural
- akontydh m-yon “accountant” ;
-(y)er agent nouns
- aghskrifer:aghskrifor m-ag “genealogist” ;
- bleujenner:bleujennor m-ag “florist” ;
- begyer+N+Msc:begyor yonpl “beggar” ; also m-s
-es plural
- baban m-es “baby” ;
- badh m-es “boar” ;
-s plural
- bacheler m-s “bachelor” ;
- balyer m-s “balyers” ; …
balek-wörter
- balek:bale3k m ;
Duals
Root vowel change
yon plural
- mab:ma4b m-yon “son” ;
i plural
- abostol:abo4sto4l m-aff-i “apostle” ; not working yet
Singularia tantum
- adhvetter m-sgtantum “ripeness” ;
- Afrikan m-sgtantum “African” ; …
Pluralia tantum
- arghans m-pltantum “money” ; MF
- mona m-pltantum “money” ; NW mona is here as illustration, should get a new continuation lex
Longer lists
Masculines
m-ow
- lavrok:lavrog m-ow ;
- lavrok:lavreg m-ow ; UC
m-yow
- aber m-yow “river mouth” ;
- anken m-yow “misery” ;
- ankor m-yow “anchor” ; …
m-ys
- kanel m-ys “tap” ;
- mason m-ys “mason” ; …
Feminines
Irregular feminines
- modrep:modreb f-edh ;
f with ow plural
- abases f “abbess” ;
- tagel f “constriction, choker” ; …
f-yow
- aden f-yow “binding board of a book” ;
- als f-yow “cliff” ; …
Masculine nouns from 2020 dictionary. TODO: Check for inflection class
- ‘Edhow m-yow “Jew” ;
- ‘eghes m-yow “health” ;
- Albanian m-yow “Albanian” ;
- Albaniek m-yow “Albanian language” ;
- Alman m-yow “German” ;
- alarm m-yow “alarm” ;
- albom m-yow “album” ;
- alejyans m-yow “allegation” ; …
Feminine nouns from 2020 dictionary. TODO: Check for inflection class
- ‘Edhowes f “Jew” ;
- ‘eth f “language” ;
- Afrikanes f “African” ;
- banadhlek f “broom-brake” ;
- banken f “bank” ;
- banow f “sow” ; …
This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/stems/nouns.lexc