List of Cornish Dialect Words - U

U

• Ummin - dirty, filthy. As in 'the bleddy floor is ummin'.
• Un - him/her (used in place of "it" accusative)
• Upcountry - a generalised geographical term meaning anywhere which is in England, except for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
• Urts - whortleberries, bilberries
• Us two / We two - As in 'there are just we two'; "Us two" is used only in north east Cornwall and "we two" in the rest of Cornwall.