caws
See also: Caws
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɔz/
Audio (US) (file) - (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /kɑz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔːz/
- Rhymes: -ɔːz
- Homophones: cause, cores (non-rhotic accents)
Noun edit
caws
Verb edit
caws
- third-person singular simple present indicative of caw
Anagrams edit
Somali edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar qayso and Sidamo hayisso.
Noun edit
caws m
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh caws, from Old Welsh caus, from Proto-Brythonic *kọs, a borrowing from Latin cāseus. Cognate with Cornish keus, Breton keuz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caws m (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
- bara a chaws (“bread and cheese”)
- cawslyd (“cheesy”)
- cosyn (“a cheese (countable)”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
caws | gaws | nghaws | chaws |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies