dauw

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• IPA^(key): /daʊ/

dauw (plural dauws)

1. (South Africa) Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii).

• peechi, peetsi

• “dauw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Middle Dutch dau, from Old Dutch *dāu, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Compare Low German Dau, West Frisian dau, German Tau, English dew, compare also Danish dug.

• IPA^(key): /dɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: dauw
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

dauw m (uncountable)

1. dew

   voor dag en dauw ― bright and early

• Afrikaans: dou
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dau
• Negerhollands: douw, dou
• → Papiamentu: dauw (dated)
• Sranan Tongo: dow