dowr

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *duβr, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doʊɹ]

Noun

dowr m (plural dowrow)

1. water
2. urine
3. river, lake

Mutation

Mutation of dowr

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dowr	dhowr	unchanged	towr	towr	towr

References

• William Pryce, Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica Or An Essay to Preserve the Ancient Cornish Language (1790)
• Edwin Norris, Resurrexio Domini nostri. Notes. Sketch of Cornish (1859)
• Brian Murdoch, Cornish Literature (1993)