gwari
Cornish
Etymology
From Middle Cornish hwary, from Proto-Brythonic *gwarrɨɣ, *gwėrɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *uɸorigeti (“to delay”), from *uɸo- (“sub-”) + *rigeti (“to bind”). Cognate with Breton c'hoari, Irish fuirigh (“to wait”), Manx fuirree (“to wait”), Scottish Gaelic fuirich (“to stay”), and Welsh chwarae.
Noun
gwari m (plural gwariow)
Derived terms
- bagas-gwari (“play group”)
- garth-gwari (“playground”)
- gwari bord (“board game”)
- gwari dall (“lottery”)
- gwari diwedh (“end game”)
- gwari fals (“foul (sports)”, verb)
- gwari gwydhyow (“video game”)
- gwari ilow (“musical”)
- gwari kan (“musical, opera”)
- gwari kartennow (“card game”)
- gwari mildam (“jigsaw”)
- gwari pelyow (“bowling”)
- gwari rann (“role-playing game”)
- gwari sagh (“raffle”)
- gwari sebon (“soap opera”)
- gwari speda (“hit play”)
- gwari war eryow (“pun”)
- gwariell (“toy”)
- gwarier, gwariores (“actor/actress, performer, player”)
- gwariji (“theatre”)
- Gwariow Olympek (“Olympic Games”)
- gwariva (“stage, theatre”)
- hanow gwari (“stage name”)
- kowel-gwari (“playpen”)
- lester-gwari (“yacht”)
- menystrans gwari (“game management”)
- park-gwari (“playing field”)
- sewt-gwari (“playsuit, romper”)
- toos-gwari (“play dough”)
Verb
gwari
Conjugation
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| indicative | present/future | gwarav | gwarydh | gwar | gwaryn | gwarowgh | gwarons | gwarir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| preterite | gwaris | gwarsys | gwaras | gwarsyn | gwarsowgh | gwarsons | gwaras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imperfect | gwaryn | gwarys | gwari | gwaryn | gwarewgh | gwarens | gwarys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pluperfect | gwarsen | gwarses | gwarsa | gwarsen | gwarsewgh | gwarsens | gwarsys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| subjunctive | present/future | gwarriv | gwarri | gwarro | gwarryn | gwarrowgh | gwarrons | gwarrer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imperfect | gwarren | gwarres | gwarra | gwarren | gwarrewgh | gwarrens | gwarrys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imperative | — | gwar | gwares | gwaryn | gwarewgh | gwarens | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| non-finites | present participle | ow kwari | verbal adjective | gwarys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gwari | wari | unchanged | kwari | hwari | wari |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “gwari” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.