caws

See also: Caws

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔz/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kɑz/
• Homophones: cause; cores (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɔːz

Noun

caws

1. plural of caw

Verb

caws

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of caw

Anagrams

• AScW, WACs, WCAs, scaw

Somali

Caws

Alternative forms

• coos

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *ʕaws, from Proto-East Cushitic *ʕawš, derived from Proto-Cushitic *ʕaw- (“grass, foliage”). Compare also cawl.

Cognate with Maay ees, Garre aas, Tunni ees, Rendille h'os, Jiiddu is, Daasanach iish, Saho cashsho, Afar qayso, Sidamo hayisso, Tsamai ʕaš (“corn”) and possibly Oromo ees (“oat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʡ͜ʢǽʉs/

Noun

cáws m

1. grass

   Gelu cawska bay daaqeen ― The camels grazed the grass

References

• Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). "Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga" (in Somali). Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, page 139

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh caws, from Old Welsh caus, from Proto-Brythonic *kọs, a borrowing from Latin cāseus. Cognate with Cornish keus, Breton keuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau̯s/
• Rhymes: -au̯s

Noun

caws m (uncountable, diminutive cosyn)

1. cheese; curds; a cheese

Derived terms

• bara a chaws (“bread and cheese”)
• cawslyd (“cheesy”)
• cosyn (“a cheese (countable)”)
• lliain caws (“cheesecloth”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caws

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caws	gaws	nghaws	chaws

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “caws”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “caws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies