different between faw vs kaw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

faw

1. Alternative form of faugh

Synonyms

• (disgust): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
• (contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Etymology 2

Phonetic rendering of for.

Preposition

faw

1. Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
   • 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,

     “ […] Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin? at me faw?”

Etymology 3

From the surname Faa.

Noun

faw (plural faws)

1. A gypsy.

Anagrams

• FWA, WAF

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English fawe, fa?e, from Old English f?g, f?h (“coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured; motley”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“to paint; mark; colour”).

Adjective

faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)

1. Of various colours; variegated

English

Verb

kaw (third-person singular simple present kaws, present participle kawing, simple past and past participle kawed)

1. Alternative form of caw

Noun

kaw (plural kaws)

1. Alternative form of caw
   • 2013, Guenther Witzany, Biocommunication of Animals (page 197)

     Over half of the crows anticipated the feeder, and peered in the window of the building from whence the crow feeder would emerge prior to a feeding session. A majority also called loudly with a short staccato sequence of 3–5 kaws at the start of the feeding session.

Anagrams

• Kwa, awk

Alangan

Pronoun

kaw

1. you (singular)

Anguthimri

Noun

kaw

1. (Mpakwithi) lice

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Southern Ohlone

Noun

kaw

1. seashore

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw/

Etymology 1

From English cow.

Noun

kaw

1. cow

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch kauwen.

Verb

kaw

1. to chew, to masticate

Derived terms

• kawkaw

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka???/

Etymology 1

Verb

kaw

1. to close; to shut.

Synonyms

• qe

Etymology 2

Noun

kaw

1. saw.

Verb

kaw

1. to saw.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[1], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.

Wolof

Noun

kaw

1. village, countryside