modrep

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish moderep, from Proto-Brythonic *mọdreb, from Proto-Celtic *mātrikʷā. Cognate with Breton moereb and Welsh modryb.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔdrɛp]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔdrɐp]

Noun

modrep f (plural modrebedh)

1. aunt

Coordinate terms

family members: teyluedit

• broder
• ewnter
• flogh
• flogh gwynn
• gour
• gwreg
• hwor
• kenderow
• keniterow
• kesflogh
• kosin
• mab
• mab wynn
• mamm
• mamm wynn
• modrep
• myrgh
• myrgh wynn
• nith
• noy
• tas
• tas gwynn

Derived terms

• gorvodrep (“great aunt”)
• modrebik (“auntie, aunty”)

Mutation

Mutation of modrep

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
modrep	vodrep	unchanged	unchanged	fodrep	vodrep

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