alhwedh

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish alped, from Proto-Brythonic *alxweð, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. Cognate with Breton alc'hwez and Welsh allwedd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalʍɛð/

Noun

alhwedh m (plural alhwedhow)

  1. key (of a lock)

Derived terms

  • alhwedh Allen (“Allen key, L wrench”)
  • alhwedh know (“spanner, wrench”)
  • alhwedh korkyn (“corkscrew”)
  • alhwedha (“lock”, verb)
  • alhwedhen (“key (typing)”)
  • alhwedhor, alhwedhores (“treasurer”)
  • bewnans yn-dann alhwedh (“lockdown”)
  • ger alhwedh (“keyword”)
  • tol alhwedh (“keyhole”)

Verb

alhwedh

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of alhwedha
  2. second-person singular imperative of alhwedha
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