The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Cornish language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Cornish |
| I | my |
| you | ty |
| he | ev |
| we | ni |
| you (plural) | hwi |
| they | i |
| this | an … ma |
| that | an … na |
| here | omma |
| there | ena |
| who | piw |
| what | pyth |
| where | ple |
| when | p'eur |
| how | fatell |
| not | ny |
| all | oll |
| many | lies |
| some | nebes |
| few | nebes |
| other | erell |
| one | onan |
| two | dew |
| three | tri |
| four | peswar |
| five | pymp |
| big | bras |
| long | hir |
| wide | ledan |
| thick | tew |
| heavy | poes |
| small | byghan |
| short | berr |
| narrow | kul |
| thin | moen, tanow |
| woman | benyn |
| man (adult male) | gwas, den, gour |
| man (human being) | den |
| child (a youth) | flogh |
| wife | gwreg |
| husband | gour |
| mother | mamm |
| father | tas |
| animal | enyval |
| fish | pysk |
| bird | edhen |
| dog | ki |
| louse | lowenn |
| snake | sarf |
| worm | pryv |
| tree | gwydhenn |
| forest | koeswik |
| stick (of wood) | lorgh |
| fruit | froeth |
| seed | hasenn |
| leaf | delenn |
| root | gwreydh |
| bark (of tree) | rusk |
| flower | bleujenn |
| grass | gwels |
| rope | lovan |
| skin (of a person) | kroghen |
| meat (as in flesh) | kig |
| blood | goes |
| bone | askorn |
| fat (noun) | blonek |
| egg | oy |
| horn | korn |
| tail | lost |
| feather (rather not down) | pluvenn |
| hair | blew |
| head | penn |
| ear | skovarn |
| eye | lagas |
| nose | troen |
| mouth | ganow |
| tooth (rather not molar) | dans |
| tongue | taves |
| fingernail | ewin |
| foot | troes |
| leg | garr |
| knee | glin |
| hand | dorn |
| wing | askell |
| belly | torr, kroth |
| guts | kolodhyon |
| neck | konna |
| back | keyn |
| breast | bronn |
| heart | kolonn |
| liver | avi |
| to drink | eva |
| to eat | dybri |
| to bite | densel |
| to suck | sugna, dena |
| to spit | trewa, berya |
| to vomit | hwyja |
| to blow (as wind) | hwytha |
| to breathe | anella |
| to laugh | hwerthin |
| to see | gweles |
| to hear | klywes |
| to know (a fact) | godhvos |
| to think | prederi |
| to smell (sense odor) | blasa, klywes |
| to fear | perthi own |
| to sleep | koska |
| to live | bywa |
| to die | merwel |
| to kill | ladha |
| to fight | omladh |
| to hunt (transitive) | helghya |
| to hit | gweskel, skwatya |
| to cut | treghi |
| to split | folsa |
| to stab (or stick) | gwana, pyghya |
| to scratch (an itch) | kravas |
| to dig | palas |
| to swim | neuvya |
| to fly | nijal |
| to walk | kerdhes |
| to come | dos |
| to lie (as on one's side) | gorwedhes |
| to sit | esedha |
| to stand | sevel |
| to turn (change direction) | treylya |
| to fall (as in drop) | koedha |
| to give | ri |
| to hold (in one's hand) | synsi, dalghenna |
| to squeeze | gwaska, gwrynya, strotha |
| to rub | rutya |
| to wash | golghi |
| to wipe | sygha |
| to pull | tenna |
| to push | herdhya, pokya |
| to throw | tewlel |
| to tie | kelmi |
| to sew | gwrias, sewya |
| to count | nivera, akontya, amontya |
| to say | leverel |
| to sing | kana |
| to play | gwari |
| to float | neuvella |
| to flow | dinewi, bera |
| to freeze | rewi |
| to swell | hwythfi |
| sun | howl |
| moon | loer |
| star | steren |
| water | dowr |
| rain | glaw |
| river | avon |
| lake | lynn |
| sea (as in ocean) | mor |
| salt | hoelan |
| stone | men |
| sand | tewes |
| dust | polter, doust |
| earth (as in soil) | dor |
| cloud | kommolenn |
| fog | niwl |
| sky | ebrenn |
| wind (as in breeze) | gwyns |
| snow | ergh |
| ice | rew |
| smoke | mog |
| fire | tan |
| ash | lusow |
| to burn (intransitive) | leski |
| road | fordh |
| mountain | menydh |
| red | rudh |
| green | gwyrdh |
| yellow | melyn |
| white | gwynn |
| black | du |
| night | nos |
| day (daytime) | dedh |
| year | blydhen |
| warm (as in weather) | toemm |
| cold (as in weather) | yeyn |
| full | leun |
| new | nowydh |
| old | koth, hen |
| good | da, mas |
| bad | drog |
| rotten (as, a log) | breyn, poder |
| dirty | plos |
| straight | ewn |
| round | krenn |
| sharp (as a knife) | lymm |
| smooth | leven, gwastas |
| wet | glyb, gwlygh |
| dry (adjective) | sych |
| right (correct) | ewn |
| near | ogas |
| far | pell |
| right (side) | deghow |
| left (side) | kledh |
| at | orth |
| in | yn |
| with (accompanying) | gans |
| and | ha, hag |
| if | mar |
| because | drefenn |
| name | hanow |