lowarn

Cornish

Lowarn rudh (Vulpes vulpes)

Etymology

From Old Cornish louuern, from Proto-Brythonic *llowern, from Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloʊarn/

Noun

lowarn m (plural lewern)

1. fox

   Synonym: lostek

   Lebma fo an bugel medhel, an lowarn a leha an devysyow.

   Where the shepherd is slack, the fox reduces the sheep.

Derived terms

• lowarnik (“fox cub”)
• manek lowarn (“foxglove”)

References

• “lowarn” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.