Guernsey French/Dictionaries/Nature
The Natural World
[edit | edit source]Caillebottin - mackeral sky
Etelle du Nord - the pole star
Plants
[edit | edit source]Cossard - serrated wrack (fucus serratus)
Doque - dock leaf
Guernesiaise - Guernsey Lily (Nerine sarniensis)
Gênet - Butchers Broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
Ivraye - pod weed (halydris siliquosa)
Passe rose - hollyhock (alcea)
Birds
[edit | edit source]cahouan, cahan, m. - owl
hublot, ublot, n. - black backed gull
mesle/meslaësse, m/f - blackbird
prie dieu - part of the song thrush's melody
Working Animals
[edit | edit source]Oxen
[edit | edit source]bœu, m. - ox (higher parishes) bœuf, m. - ox (lower parishes) des bœux, pl.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- "Our Insular Dialect"