kylgh

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) kelgh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kɨlx. Cognate with Breton kelc'h and Welsh cylch.

Noun

kylgh m (plural kylghyow)

  1. (geometry) circle, hoop, ring

Derived terms

  • kylgh hula (“hula hoop”)
  • kylgh ys (“crop circle”)
  • kylgh-knias (“teething ring”)
  • kylghek (“circular”)
  • kylghigow (“hoopla”)
  • kylghlavar (“circumlocation”)
  • kylghpaylys (“ring-fenced”)
  • kylghresek (“circulate”, verb)
  • kylghresek (“cyclic, cyclical”, verb)
  • kylghvusur (“perimeter, circumference”)
  • kylghya (“encircle”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of kylgh
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
kylgh gylgh hylgh unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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