tanow

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish tanow, from Proto-Brythonic *tėnėw, from Proto-Celtic *tanawyos. Cognate with Breton tanav, Irish tanaí, Manx thanney, Scottish Gaelic tana, and Welsh tenau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanɔʊ/

Adjective

tanow

  1. thin
    Synonym: moon
  2. flimsy
    Synonym: skav
  3. (of meat or a crop yield) lean
  4. rare, scarse, sparse
    Synonym: skant
  5. tenuous

Derived terms

  • tanowder (“rarity, scarcity”)
  • tanowhe (“dilute, thin out”, verb)
  • tanowheans (“dilution”)
  • tanowlinya (“dilute/thin paint”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of tanow
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
tanow danow thanow 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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