losk

See also: лоск

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish losc, from Proto-Celtic *luxskā. Related to leski (“to burn”). Cognate with Welsh llosg.

Pronunciation

Noun

losk m (plural loskow)

  1. burn, burning, combustion

Verb

losk

  1. second-person singular imperative to burn of leski

References

  • “losk” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 119
  • R. Morton Nance, editor (1952), An English-Cornish Dictionary (in Cornish), →ISBN, page 24
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