kowan

English

Noun

kowan (plural kowans)

1. Obsolete spelling of cowan (“a worker in unmortared stone, an unapprenticed stonemason”). [17th century]

Anagrams

• Nowak, aknow

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton kaouenn, from Proto-Brythonic *kuwann, from Proto-Celtic *kuwannos.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔwan]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔwɐn]

Noun

kowan f (plural kowannow)

1. owl

   Synonym: oula

Derived terms

• kowanik

Compounds

• kowan benn kath (“long-eared owl”)
• kowan benn tew (“tawny owl”)
• kowan sparr hok (“hawk owl”)
• kowan vyghan (“little owl”)
• kowan woon (“short-eared owl”)
• kowan wynn (“barn owl”)

Mutation

Mutation of kowan

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kowan	gowan	howan	unchanged	unchanged

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