garow

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Welsh garw, Irish garbh), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.rɔʊ/

Adjective

garow

  1. rough, coarse
    Synonym: rust
  2. harsh, crude, brutal, violent
    Synonyms: freudhek, gwyls, milus

Derived terms

  • garowder (“brutality, violence”)

Adverb

yn harow

  1. roughly

Mutation

Mutation of garow
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
garow arow unchanged karow harow

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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