caw

Onomatopoeic

• (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

caw (plural caws)

1. The harsh cry of a crow.

• chatter

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.

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.

• ACW, CWA, WAC, WCA

• (Northern Khumi) co

• IPA^(key): /sɔ˩/

caw

1. rice

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

caw

1. to read

• 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.

caw (Raguileo spelling)

1. father

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

caw

1. (anatomy) foreleg

caw

1. to read

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