caw

See also: CAW, Caw, and ċaw

English

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Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kô, IPA^(key): /kɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔ/

• Audio (US):

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

caw (plural caws)

1. The harsh cry of a crow.

Coordinate terms

• chatter

Translations

cry of a crow

• Arabic: نَعْق m (naʕq), نَعِيق (ar) m (naʕīq)
• Bulgarian: грачене n (gračene), грак m (grak)
• Dutch: gekras (nl) n
• Esperanto: grako
• Estonian: kraaks (et), kraaksumine
• Faroese: krá n
• Finnish: raakkuminen (fi), raakunta (fi)
• French: croassement (fr) m, croa (fr)
• Galician: gralla (gl) f, grallada f
• Georgian: ჩხავილი (čxavili)
• German: Gekrächze (de) n, Krächzen n
• Greek: κρωγμός (el) m (krogmós)
• Hungarian: károgás (hu)
• Irish: agallach f, grág f
• Italian: gracchio (it) m
• Khiamniungan Naga: wākwāk
• Latvian: krā (interjection), ķērciens m
• Livonian: krǟ (interjection), rǟkimi
• Malay: gauk (ms)
• Navajo: gáa
• Polish: krakanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: grasnido m, grasnado (pt) m, grasnada f, grasno (pt) m
• Russian: ка́рканье (ru) n (kárkanʹje)
• Scottish Gaelic: gràg, gràc
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гра́ка̄ње n, гра̀кта̄ње n, гра̏кат m, гра̄к m, гра̏ка f

  Latin: grákānje n, gràktānje n, grȁkat m, grāk m, grȁka f

• Spanish: graznido (es), crocitar (es), croscitar (es), crascitar (es)
• Swedish: krax (sv) n
• Tagalog: wak-wak
• Turkish: gak (tr), gaklama (tr)
• Ukrainian: кря́кання f (krjákannja), ка́ркання f (kárkannja)
• Welsh: crawc m or f, crawciad m

Verb

caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)

1. To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Rising and cawing at the gun's report.

Derived terms

• cawer

 

Translations

to make the cry of a crow, rook, or raven

• Arabic: نَعَقَ (naʕaqa)
• Armenian: կռռալ (hy) (kṙṙal), կռկռալ (hy) (kṙkṙal)

  Old Armenian: կռչեմ (kṙčʻem)

• Bulgarian: грача (bg) (grača)
• Catalan: grallar (ca)
• Czech: krákat (cs)
• Esperanto: graki (eo)
• Estonian: kraaksuma
• Finnish: raakkua (fi)
• French: croasser (fr)
• Galician: coaxar, raufiñar, ranfiñar, grallar (gl)
• Georgian: ჩხავილი (čxavili)
• German: krächzen (de)
• Greek: κρώζω (el) (krózo)

  Ancient: κρώζω (krṓzō)

• Hungarian: károg (hu)
• Ingrian: braakkaa, krookkaa, krookkia
• Irish: bheith ag cágaíl, bheith ag grágaíl
• Italian: gracchiare (it)
• Latin: grocīre, grocāre
• Latvian: ķērkt
• Macedonian: грака impf (graka)
• Malay: menggauk
• Polish: krakać (pl) impf, kraknąć pf
• Portuguese: grasnir, grasnar (pt), corvejar (pt), crocitar (pt)
• Romanian: croncăni (ro)
• Russian: ка́ркать (ru) impf (kárkatʹ), ка́ркнуть (ru) pf (kárknutʹ), гра́ять (ru) impf (grájatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gràg
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гра́кати impf, гра̀ктати impf, гра́кнути pf

  Latin: grákati (sh) impf, gràktati (sh) impf, gráknuti (sh) pf

• Spanish: graznar (es), gaznar (es), crocitar (es), crascitar (es), croscitar (es)
• Swedish: kraxa (sv)
• Turkish: gaklamak (tr)
• Ukrainian: кря́кати impf (krjákaty), кря́кнути pf (krjáknuty) ка́ркати impf (kárkaty)
• Welsh: crawcian, crawcio

Interjection

caw

1. A rendering of the vocalisation of a crow or other corvid.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 36:

     "Amen," said M., in a grave and solemn tone. "Caw," croaked the jackdaw immediately, and with such a sonorous effect, that it disturbed our pious mien and upset our gravity.

Translations

the cry of a crow

• Bulgarian: грачене n (gračene)
• Catalan: txac-txac (ca)
• Czech: krá (cs)
• Estonian: kraa (et), kraaks (et)
• Hungarian: kár-kár, kár (hu)
• Japanese: カー (ja) (kā)
• Korean: 까악 (ko) (kkaak), 까악까악 (ko) (kkaakkkaak)
• Portuguese: crás (pt), crás-crás
• Russian: кар (ru) (kar), кар-кар (kar-kar)
• Scottish Gaelic: gòrag gòrag (crow), gròc gròc (raven)

Anagrams

• ACW, CWA, WAC, WCA

Khumi Chin

Alternative forms

• (Northern Khumi) co

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ˩/

Noun

caw

1. rice

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 42

Koyraboro Senni

Verb

caw

1. to read

Derived terms

• cawandi
• cawdoo
• cawkaw
• cawroo
• cawyan

 

References

• Youssouf Mohamed Haïdara, Youssouf Billo Maïga, Mohamed Bagna Maïga, et John Hutchison, Lexique Soŋay-Français. Kalimawey Citaabo Soŋay Annasaara senni, Bamako: République du Mali, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, DNAFLA, et l'USAID, 1992.

Mapudungun

Noun

caw (Raguileo spelling)

1. father

References

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

Rukai

Noun

caw

1. (anatomy) foreleg

Zarma

Verb

caw

1. to read

References

• Peace Corps / Niger, Zarma Dictionary [Zarmaciine-English-Français], Niamey, 2001. http://www.bisharat.net/Zarma/index.htm