List of Cornish Dialect Words - P

P

  • Padgypaw, Padgy-pow - a newt (from Cornish language pajar paw)
  • Pard - friend ("partner")
  • Party - a young woman
  • Peeth - well
  • Pen - (a place-name element) headland or top (from Cornish language penn)
  • Piggy widden - the runt of the litter
  • Pig's-crow - pigsty
  • Pilez - Avena nuda (formerly used as a substitute for oatmeal and for fattening calves)
  • Pilth - small balls found in over-rubbed cotton
  • Pisky - pixie
  • Planching/Planchen - a wooden or planked floor
  • Platt - market place (e.g. The Platt at Wadebridge)
  • Pol - (a place-name element) pool or inlet (from Cornish language pol)
  • Porth - (a place-name element) cove or bay (from Cornish language porth)
  • Praze - (a place-name element) meadow or common (from Cornish language pras)
  • Proper - satisfactory; "proper job"

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