Cornish word

te

tea

nounmasculine

te means “tea” in Cornish and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	te
Treylyans medhel / nessa studh	de
Treylyans hwythus / tressa studh	the
Treylyans kemyskys / pympes studh	the

Da yw an te-ma.

This tea is good.

Nyns eus dhyn marnas te.

We only have tea.

Nyns eus genen marnas te.

We only have tea.

A vyn’ta eva te po koffi?

Do you want to drink tea or coffee?

Da yw genev te.

I like tea.

Food

amanyn

butter

aval

apple

backen

bacon

bara

bread

barkado

densely packed pile of fish for curing

ber

roasting spit

blas

taste

bleus

flour

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