List of Cornish Dialect Words - R

R

• Rab - gravel
• Red - (a place-name element) ford
• Redders - (adjective) feeling physically hot, either from the weather or from exertion
• Right on - an informal way of saying goodbye
• Roar - weep loudly
• Ros - (a place-name element) moor or heath (or peninsula, "Roseland")
• Ruan - (a place-name element) river
• Rumped (up) - huddled up, usually from the cold; phrase "rumped up like a winnard"