kaws

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

kaws

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kaw

Anagrams[edit]

White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The Hmong-Mien reconstructions page lists Old Chinese 咬 (OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw, “to bite”) as a potential cognate; however, the Hmong-Mien form is reconstructed with a checked D tone, which isn't suggested by the Old Chinese form. A better match, both formally (checked tone) and semantically ("gnawing" connotations), is 齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw, bite”). The nasal initial in the Chinese form seems problematic, however. In either case, the word is probably of sound-symbolic origin.”

Verb[edit]

kaws

  1. to gnaw, to chew upon
    Dev kaws pob txha. ― The dob gnaws the bone.
    Nees kaws kaws zaub. ― The horse nibbles on the grass.

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Clipping of Thai คางคก (kaang-kók, “toad”) or Lao ຄັນຄາກ (khan khāk, “id”)?”

Noun[edit]

kaws

  1. used in qav kaws (“toad”)
    1. (slang) toad

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 79.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 275.
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