different between pawky vs pawk

English

Etymology

From pawk +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??ki/

Adjective

pawky (comparative pawkier, superlative pawkiest)

1. (Scotland, northern Britain) Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour. [from 17th c.]
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 161:

     [H]e generally meets her at one Signora Sporza's, a very pawky gentlewoman, who understands what's what as well as any woman in Naples […] .

   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.36-37.

     'Awa', ye pawky thief! Dost tu think that I'll herrie the laird's cellar for thee or ony body?—But there's the whisky bottle in my ain cupboard, wi' some driblets in it yet, that ye may tak; and deil a drap mair shall ye get, an thy tongue were as guizened as a spelding. I wonder wha learnt sic a youngster as thee to be sae pawky.

   • 1991, Sydney Ross, Nineteenth-Century Attitudes: Men of Science, Springer, page 32,

     Those unacquainted with the pawky humor of the Scot will search unsuccessfully in reference books for mention of the elusive Colonel Boffin.

   • 2010, J. A. Hadfield, Why Do We Laugh, Lulu.com, page 202,

     Just as a pun, to be a good pun, has to be not only a play on words but have a serious meaning, so pawky humour must carry sense. However the underlying humour is always there.

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Travis to this entry?)

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