different between kaw vs kab

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

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ??? (káv)

Noun

kab (plural kabs)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cab: a former Hebrew unit of volume.

Anagrams

• BAK, BKA, Bak, bak

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of kapab, from French capable (“capable”).

Verb

kab

1. (auxiliary) can, be able to

Synonyms

• ka
• kapab

Mapudungun

Noun

kab (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. (anatomy) hair
2. wool

See also

• kab logko

References

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

Somali

Noun

káb f (plural kabo m)

1. shoe