different between dawk vs pawk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Old English dalc (“pin”). More at dalk.

Verb

dawk (third-person singular simple present dawks, present participle dawking, simple past and past participle dawked)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
2. (transitive) To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To dig up weeds.

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. A hollow or crack in timber.
   • 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises

     THE DAWK was a slight concavity or depression in the body of the cast type , made by a corresponding convexity in the mould

Etymology 2

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”)

Maltese

Determiner

dawk pl

1. plural of dak

English

Etymology 1

See Puck

Alternative forms

• pauk

Noun

pawk (plural pawks)

1. (Scotland) A wile

Derived terms

• pawkery
• pawky

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

pawk (plural pawks)

1. A small lobster.

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ?????? (a.pauk)

Noun

pawk

1. hole

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pa?k?, from *pa- + *?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enkos (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pawk/

Noun

pawk m

1. spider

Declension

Further reading

• pawk in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• pawk in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pa?k?, from *pa- + *?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enkos (“hook”).

Noun

pawk m

1. spider