List of Cornish Dialect Words - M

M

  • Made/meh'dy/Meh'd - mate
  • Maen - (a place-name element) stone ("vaen" when second element e.g. kistvaen) (from Cornish language men)
  • Maid - girl, girl-friend (see also Bal maiden)
  • Maund - large basket
  • Mazed - mad, angry
  • Me 'ansum - friendly form of address
  • Meor - (a place-name element) great (from Cornish language meur)
  • Milky-dashel - milk thistle
  • Mind - remember
  • Minching - skiving "minching off school"
  • Mowhay - barn, hay store, stackyard
  • Murrian, Muryan - (Cornish) ant or more recently a tourist (mainly west Cornwall) (cp. Emmet) (from Cornish language moryon)

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