kelyon

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Welsh cylion, Breton kelien, Irish cuil), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”).

Noun

kelyon f (collective, singulative kelyonen)

  1. flies

Derived terms

  • kelyon frooth (“fruit flies”)
  • kelyon fryt (“frit flies”)
  • kelyon garan (“craneflies”)
  • kelyon gwenenen (“bee flies”)
  • kelyon has fav (“bean seed flies”)
  • kelyon has gwaneth (“wheat bulb flies”)
  • kelyon karetys (“carrot flies”)
  • kelyon kig (“bluebottles”)
  • kelyon margh (“gadflies”)
  • kelyon onyon (“onion flies”)
  • kelyon prenn (“wood wasps”)
  • kelyon-bargesi (“hoverflies”)

Mutation

Mutation of kelyon
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
kelyon gelyon helyon unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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