List of Cornish Dialect Words - E

E

• 'e - contraction of "he" but used in place of "it"
• Ee - contraction of thee
• Eeval - farmer's fork implement
• Emmet - ant or more recently tourist (mildly derogatory)
• Enys - (a place-name element) island (from Cornish language enys)
• 'er - she (East Cornwall)
• Ess - yes (see also, "Ayes", above)
• Ewe (cat) - she cat (mid and west Cornwall)