kaws

See also: Kaws

English

Verb

kaws

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kaw

Anagrams

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɨ̯˩/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

Noun

kaws

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

References

  • 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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