morvil

Breton

Etymology

From mor (“sea”) +‎ mil (“animal”) (compare Welsh morfil, Cornish morvil, Middle Irish muirmíl).

Noun

morvil f (plural morviled)

  1. cetacean

Cornish

Etymology

From mor (“sea”) +‎ mil (“animal”). Compare Welsh morfil, Breton morvil, and Middle Irish muirmíl.

Noun

morvil m (plural morviles)

  1. whale

Derived terms

  • korrvorvil ewn (“pigmy right whale”)
  • korrvorvil kor (“dwarf sperm whale”)
  • morvil askellek (“fin whale”)
  • morvil askellek glas (“blue whale”)
  • morvil askellek hern (“sei whale”)
  • morvil askellek minke (“common minke whale”)
  • morvil askellek minke an Dhyghow (“Antarctic minke whale”)
  • morvil bothek (“humpback whale”)
  • morvil ewn an Dhyghow (“Southern right whale”)
  • morvil ewn an Iwerydh (“North Atlantic right whale”)
  • morvil ewn an Keynvor Hebask (“North Pacific right whale”)
  • morvil gelvinek True (“True's beaked whale”)
  • morvil goodh gelvinek (“Cuvier's beaked whale”)
  • morvil gwynn (“beluga whale”)
  • morvil kor (“sperm whale”)
  • morvil kor byghan (“pigmy sperm whale”)
  • morvil loos (“gray whale”)
  • morvil penn gwarak (“Arctic whale”)
  • morvil penn krenn (“long-finned pilot whale”)
  • morvil penn pompyon (“melon-headed whale”)
  • morvil tron botel (“northern bottlenose whale”)
  • morvil tron botel an Dhyghow (“southern bottlenose whale”)
  • morvil tron botel trovannel (“tropical bottlenose whale”)
  • morvil unkorn (“narwhal”)

Mutation

Mutation of morvil
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
morvil vorvil unchanged unchanged forvil vorvil

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

References

  • “morvil” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
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