>Nance also offers 'gonys' for 'work' but according to him the word can also
>mean 'service', 'cultivation', 'tillage' and, yes, you've guessed it, 'mine-
>working'!
>
Could 'gonys' be the origin of the term 'gunnis' meaning the space left when
the mineral had been worked away.
I must admit - and I have my hard hat on ready for the missiles hurled up
from the far south-west - I am sceptical of any current interpretation of
Cornish mining terms. It is a 're-invented' language not in common use since
the 18th century.
Peter
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