More Bits of Late Cornish 2 (places 2)

Places 2

Other common suffixes are –jy (SWFM –ji) and –ty (SWFM –ti).  Again, they do not occur on their own but are derivations of MC chi meaning house (LC chei). They are unstressed endings. More specific than –va, they denote the building where an activity takes place or a thing is found. Words ending in –jy or –ty are also often neologisms, though there may be older, more genuine and idiomatic ways of saying the same thing.

gwarijy	theatre, playhouse
chei gwary	theatre, playhouse
plen an gwary	amphitheatre, playing place
crow	shed, hut
crowjy (SWFM krowji)	cottage, cabin
manerjy	manor house, country house
scol (f)	school
scoljy (m) (SWFM skolji)	schoolhouse
melin, belin (f)	mill
melinjy, belinjy (m) place name Mellingey place name Bolingey was Mellingy in 1516	mill house
boos	food
bosty	restaurant
pobas	to bake
peber	a baker
chei forn (vorn)	a bakery, a bakehouse
chei pobas	a bakery, a bakehouse
kig	meat
kiger	a butcher
kigty	a butcher’s shop
chei kiger	butcher’s

Example:                                        

Me eth dhe’n chei pobas ha perna bara, tesen safran ha nebes torthellow.

I went to the bakery and bought bread, a saffron cake and a few buns.

Quiz 1

1. What do you suppose is going on in an atomva?

2. If bath is a coin, what could be the word for a mint where coins are made?

3. If brag is malt, what do you suppose is going on in a bragjy?

4. Whereabouts in the Cornish countryside might you find a jynnjy?