kowas

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Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish cowes, from Proto-Celtic *kowotos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w-. Cognate with Breton kaouad and Welsh cawod.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʊəs/

Noun

kowas f (plural kowasow)

shower (weather and bathing)

Derived terms

hager gowas (“deluge, downpour”)
kowas niwl (“thick mist”)
kowas wyns (“gust”)
kowasek (“showery”)
kowesi (“shower”, verb)
men kowas (“meteorite”)

Mutation

Mutation of *kowas*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kowas	gowas	howas	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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

Fuyug

Noun

kowas

spirit-place, place of spirits

References

Robert L. Bradshaw, Fuyug grammar sketch (2007)

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