devisya

Cornish

Etymology

From devis (“device”) +‎ -ya.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [dɛˈviːzja]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [dəˈviːzjɐ]

Verb

devisya

1. to devise, invent, plan, scheme
2. to engineer

Conjugation

Conjugation of devisya

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	devisyav	devisydh	devis	devisyn	devisyowgh	devisyons	devisir
	preterite	devisis	devissys	devisyas	devissyn	devissowgh	devissons	devisyas
	imperfect	devisyen	devisyes	devisya	devisyen	devisyewgh	devisyens	devisys
	pluperfect	devissen	devisses	devissa	devissen	devissewgh	devissens	devissys
subjunctive	present/future	devissiv	devissi	devissyo	devissyn	devissyowgh	devissyons	devissyer
	imperfect	devissyen	devissyes	devissya	devissyen	devissyewgh	devissyens	devissys
imperative		-	devis	devisyes	devisyn	devisyewgh	devisyens	-
non-finite forms		present participle		ow tevisya	verbal adjective		devisys / devisyes

Mutation

Mutation of devisya

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
devisya	dhevisya	unchanged	tevisya	tevisya	tevisya

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “devisya” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
• Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 36