Some verbs have alternative forms. They are based on either an earlier or a later form of Cornish.
arwedhya (to symbolise) = arwoedha or arwodha
astiveri (to restore) = asver
avoydya (to avoid, to go away) = avodya
bargynnya (to bargain) = bargydnya
bashe (to make shallow) = basya
bleudhya (to weaken) = bludhya
bos (to be) = bones
brewi (to crush) = browi
defolya (to pollute) = defola
demedhi (to marry) = demedha
desta (to witness) = testa
dihevelebi (to alter) = di'velebi
diwiska (to undress) = di'ski
diyskynna (to descend) = skynnya
don (to carry) = degi
dos (to come) = dones, devones or devos
fastya (to fasten) = fasta
frikhwytha (to sniff) = frikhwetha
gidya (to guide) = gedya
godhav (to suffer) = godhevel
gonis (to cultivate) = gonedha
gostla (to pawn) = gwystla
gostla bel (to wage war) = gustla bel
govelya (to forge) = gevelya
growedha (to lie down) = gorwedha
gul (to do) = gwul, guthyl, gruthyl or gwruthyl
hanasa (to murmur) = hanaja
hernessya (to put on equipment) = hernesya
hwyja (to vomit) = hweja
hwytha (to blow) = hwetha
isstanchya (to underseal) = isstanchura
kanmel (to laud) = kannmeul
kernewekhe (to Cornicise) = kernowekhe
kewsel (to speak) = kowsel
klewes (to hear) = klowes
krullya (to curl) = krollya
kryghias (to neigh) = gryghias
kylghya (to surround) = kelghya
lemmel (to jump) = lamma
lewsel (to loosen) = lowsel or lowsya
lewya (to drive) = lewa
liwa (to colour) = liwya
magli (to tangle) = magla
mentena (to maintain) = mentenya
mos (to go) = mones
omglewes (to feel) = omglowes
paynya (to pain) = payna
perghenegi (to claim) = perghennogi
pregoth (to preach) = pregowth or pregowtha
prisonya (to imprison) = prysonya
pysi (to ask) = pesi
rakana (to rake) = raka
rewlya (to rule) = rowlya
skoodhya (to support) = skodhya
skwattya (to smash) = skattya or skwatya
sowdhanas (to surprise) = sowdheni
tarenna (to thunder) = tarena
teudhi (to melt) = teudha or tedha
tewlel (to throw) = towla
triga (to remain) = tryga
tyli (to pay/to owe) = talvos
yma (there is) = ma
The mutated form vones from the verb mos (go) can be useful to avoid ambiguity with vos, the mutated form of the verb bos (be).
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