different between caw vs cawl

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• enPR: kô, IPA^(key): /k??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

caw (plural caws)

1. The harsh cry of a crow.

Coordinate terms

• chatter

Translations

Verb

caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)

1. To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.

Translations

Interjection

caw

1. Cry of a crow.

Translations

Anagrams

• ACW, CWA, WAC, WCA

Khumi Chin

Alternative forms

• (Northern Khumi) co

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/

Noun

caw

1. rice

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[1], Payap University, page 42

Mapudungun

Noun

caw (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. father

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Welsh cawl, itself borrowed from Latin caulis (“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(?)l, *kh?ulós, or *kowos (“tubular bone; pipe”). The English word is a doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ka?l/
• Homophone: cowl
• Rhymes: -a?l

Noun

cawl (countable and uncountable, plural cawls)

1. A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.

Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of caul.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?l/
• Homophone: call

Noun

cawl (plural cawls)

1. Alternative spelling of caul (“a membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”)

Further reading

• cawl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• claw

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin caulis (“stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau?l/

Noun

cawl m (diminutive cawlen)

1. soup, pottage, broth; gruel
   1. (figuratively) mixture, hodgepodge, mess
2. cabbage, colewort, potherbs

Synonyms

• potes

Mutation

Descendants

• ? English: cawl

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies