Cornish word

piw

who

pronoun

piw means “who” in Cornish and is used as a pronoun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	piw
Treylyans medhel / nessa studh	biw
Treylyans hwythus / tressa studh	fiw
Treylyans kemyskys / pympes studh	fiw

Piw os ta?

Who are you?

Piw a gavas an lyver a wrussen vy y gelli?

Who found the book that I had lost?

Piw a dhysk dhywgh?

Who teaches you?

Piw a dhysk dhis?

Who teaches you?

Piw yw dha dhyskador?

Who is your teacher?

Communication

you (sg)

he, it (m)

she, it (f)

hwi

you (pl)

they

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