different between cawl vs awl

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English aul, alle, al, from Old English æl, from Proto-Germanic *alaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ólos.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophones: all, I'll

Noun

awl (plural awls)

1. A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
2. (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

Translations

Further reading

• awl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Law, WAL, WLA, Wal., law, lwa

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?/

Adjective

awl

1. easy

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40