different between naw vs knaw

English

Etymology

From Scots naw, naa, na, from Middle English na, from Old English n? (“no, never”). More at no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??/

Interjection

naw

1. (Scotland, US, Jamaican) Pronunciation spelling of no.
2. (Jamaican) Pronunciation spelling of not.

Anagrams

• NWA, WAN, Wan, awn, wan, wan-

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h?néwn?.

Numeral

naw

1. nine

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Probably from English not.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??/, /?n??/
• Hyphenation: naw

Adverb

naw

1. not

Particle

naw

1. no

Maricopa

Noun

naw

1. friend

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nav?.

Noun

naw m

1. corpse

Tarao

Noun

naw

1. child

References

• 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar

Wakhi

Etymology

Cognate with Yagnobi ??? (nav).

Numeral

naw

1. nine

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /na?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /nau?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h?néwn?.

Numeral

naw

1. nine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

naw

1. Nasal mutation of daw.

Mutation

References

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

Whitesands

Noun

naw

1. knife

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 75

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