Cornish reference

Selected Cornish numbers up to 1,000

This list shows selected numbers up to 1,000, not every number in between. Compare the number forms with their English meanings. Counting forms, forms used with people and examples appear only where the source data records them.

Cornish number list

NumberCardinalOther forms
  1. 1one
    onan

    Ordinal: kynsa

    oneAdnominal 'unn' before nouns. Triggers 2nd state in some constructions.Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onan#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-1
  2. 2two
    dew

    Ordinal: nessa

    Feminine: diw

    twoGendered: dew (m) / diw (f). Triggers 2nd state.Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dew#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-2
  3. 3three
    tri

    Ordinal: tressa

    Feminine: teyr

    threeGendered: tri (m) / teyr (f). Triggers 3rd state on the following noun.Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tri#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-3
  4. 4four
    peswar

    Ordinal: peswora

    Feminine: peder

    fourGendered: peswar (m) / peder (f).Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peswar#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-4
  5. 5five
    pymp

    Ordinal: pympes

    fiveSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pymp#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-5
  6. 6six
    hwegh

    Ordinal: hweghves

    sixSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hwegh#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-6
  7. 7seven
    seyth

    Ordinal: seythves

    sevenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seyth#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-7
  8. 8eight
    eth

    Ordinal: ethves

    eightSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eth#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-8
  9. 9nine
    naw

    Ordinal: nawves

    nineSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/naw#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-9
  10. 10ten
    deg

    Ordinal: degves

    tenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deg#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-10
  11. 11eleven
    unnek

    Ordinal: unnegves

    elevenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unnek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-11
  12. 12twelve
    dewdhek

    Ordinal: dewdhegves

    twelveSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dewdhek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-12
  13. 13thirteen
    tredhek

    Ordinal: tredhegves

    thirteenSource: https://cornishdictionary.org.uk/sites/default/files/GerlyverPDF_2019_07_23.pdf, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-13
  14. 14fourteen
    peswardhek

    Ordinal: peswardhegves

    fourteenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peswardhek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-14
  15. 15fifteen
    pymthek

    Ordinal: pymthegves

    fifteenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pymthek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-15
  16. 16sixteen
    hwetek

    Ordinal: hwetegves

    sixteenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hwetek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-16
  17. 17seventeen
    seytek

    Ordinal: seytegves

    seventeenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seytek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-17
  18. 18eighteen
    etek

    Ordinal: etegves

    eighteenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/etek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-18
  19. 19nineteen
    nownsek

    Ordinal: nownsegves

    nineteenSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nownsek#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-19
  20. 20twenty
    ugens

    Ordinal: ugensves

    twentyVigesimal base; counting 21-39 typically uses 'onan warn ugens', 'dew warn ugens', etc.Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ugens#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-20
  21. 30thirty
    deg warn ugens

    Ordinal: degves warn ugens

    thirtyVigesimal: 'ten on twenty'.Source: data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-30
  22. 40forty
    dew-ugens

    Ordinal: dew-ugensves

    fortySource: data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-40
  23. 50fifty
    hanterkans

    Ordinal: hanterkansves

    fiftyLiterally 'half-hundred'.Source: https://cornishdictionary.org.uk/sites/default/files/GerlyverPDF_2019_07_23.pdf, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-50
  24. 60sixty
    tri-ugens

    Ordinal: tri-ugensves

    sixtySource: data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-60
  25. 80eighty
    peswar-ugens

    Ordinal: peswar-ugensves

    eightySource: data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-80
  26. 100one hundred
    kans

    Ordinal: kansves

    one hundredSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kans#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-100
  27. 1000thousand
    mil

    Ordinal: milves

    thousandSource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mil#Cornish, data/content/cornish/numbers.json#kw-num-1000

Some Cornish number forms on this page use Wiktionary entries, released under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary Cornish number entries

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