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karn
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n
Noun
karn (plural karns)
- (mining, dated) A pile of rocks.
- 1754, William Borlase, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, page 132:
- Besides the single bason above-mention'd, I could not perceive one in all the rocks; but in a Karn below, overlooking, and it's sides almost perpendicular to the sea, I saw many furrows and clefts crossing the surface of the upper rocks; this lower-most Karn is call'd in the Cornish tongue Karn-a-wethen, that is, the Tree-Karn […]
- 1816, Richard Polwhele, The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious, Architectural, Agricultural, Commercial, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, page 30:
- This gorseddau lies opposite to a karn of rocks, which is called the Cheese-wring.
- 1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, A Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 175:
- This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.
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Cornish
Etymology 1
From Old Cornish carn, from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with Breton karn, Gaulish karnon, Scottish Gaelic càrn (whence Scots and English cairn), and Welsh carn.
Noun
karn m (plural karnow)
Derived terms
- karnedh (“cairn”)
Descendants
- → English: karn
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Welsh carn.
Noun
karn m (plural karnow)
Derived terms
- karn kollan (“knife handle”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
karn
- inflection of karnen:
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