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Cornish
Etymology
Cognate with Welsh -iau, Breton -ioù.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-yow pl
- Pluralization suffix, a variant of -ow
- lo (“spoon”) + -yow → loyow (“spoons”)
- skol (“school”) + -yow → skolyow (“schools”)
Derived terms