teyl

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Breton teil and Welsh tail.

Noun

teyl m (uncountable)

1. manure

   Hyponyms: (of cows) busel, (of sheep/goats) kagal, (carted) karrdeyl, (leaf) ligennow, (of fish) mon, (of sheep) pryllyon

2. fertiliser

   Synonym: mon

Derived terms

• teyla (“manure”, verb)
• teylek (“dungheap”)

Mutation

Mutation of teyl

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
teyl	deyl	theyl	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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