melhwes

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”) (compare Breton melw (“snot”)); akin to Breton melc’hwed, Welsh malwod.

Noun

melhwes f (singulative melhwesen or melhwyjen)


  1. snails
  2. slugs

Synonyms
  • (snails): bulhornes
  • (slugs): melhwen, gluthvelhwen

Mutation
  Mutation of melhwes  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
melhwes velhwes unchanged unchanged felhwes velhwes
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