different between knaw vs kaw

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)

1. Archaic spelling of gnaw.

Etymology 2

Verb

knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)

1. Nonstandard form of know.

Anagrams

• Kwan, kawn, wank

Middle English

Noun

knaw

1. Alternative form of knave

Middle Welsh

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kn?mis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh?m (“leg”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kn?m?, “tibia”) and English ham.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knau?/

Noun

knaw m (plural kneu or knouein)

1. bone
2. skull

Descendants

• ? Welsh: pencnaw (“end of a bone”)

Mutation

Further reading

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

References

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