kenn

• kedn (Revived Late Cornish)

From Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”).

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [kɛnː]

kenn m (plural kennow)

1. peel, scum, skin

• kennek (“scummy”)
• kennen (“membrane”)

• “kenn”, in Gerlyver Kernewek [Cornish Dictionary]

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kenn

1. singular imperative of kennen

From Arabic كَنَّ (kanna).

• IPA^(key): /kɛn/

kenn (imperfect jkenn, past participle miknun)

1. to shelter, provide shelter for

kenn m (plural kennijiet or knien)

1. shelter, refuge