shawk

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Jingpho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Burmese လျှောက် (hlyauk).

Verb[edit]

shawk

  1. to petition

References[edit]

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz. Cognate with Irish seabhac.

Noun[edit]

shawk m (genitive singular shawk, plural shawkyn)

  1. hawk, falcon

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
shawk hawk
after "yn", çhawk
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.