English words from Cornish
- lizardAny reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
- coffinA closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- lueTo sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
- ChenowethA surname from Cornish.
- karnA pile of rocks.
- LooeA coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).
- wrasseAny one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.
- JagoA surname.
- creenTo complain; to whine; to moan.
- KittoA surname from Cornish.
- MevagisseyA fishing village and civil parish on the south coast of Cornwall, England.
- goffinA surname.
- whealA small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
- KernowCornwall: A peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east
- sprigganIn Cornish folklore, a malicious spirit in the form of a wizened old man.
- buccaA storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
- TrevenaFormer name of Tintagel (until the middle of the 19th century).
- GwithianA coastal village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5841).
- bowjyA shed for cattle or sheep.
- bowssenTo dunk or immerse (into water, for remedial purposes).
- costeanA trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
- dillueSift with a sieve.
- fogouA Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
- GolowanA Midsummer celebration in Cornwall, England, with bonfires, fireworks, processions, etc.
- gossanRust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein.
- growanA decomposed granite, forming a mass of sandy gravel, found in tin lodes in Cornwall.
- gunniesA vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
- hevvaCry raised when a shoal of pilchards is sighted, signalling for fisherman to man their boats.
- muryanAn ant.
- Port QuinA hamlet and cove in St Endellion parish, on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9780)
- quilkinA frog or toad.
- scavernickA hare.
- scovanA vein of tin.
- towanA sand dune.
- WithielA small village and civil parish in central Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9965).