kaw
See also: Kaw
English
Verb
kaw (third-person singular simple present kaws, present participle kawing, simple past and past participle kawed)
- Alternative form of caw
- 1968, Ernest Ingersoll, Birds in legend, fable, and folklore
- […] difficult to separate Raven the demigod, from the sable, kawing, cunning bird so conspicuous all over northern Canada […]
- 1968, Ernest Ingersoll, Birds in legend, fable, and folklore
Noun
kaw (plural kaws)
- Alternative form of caw
- 2013, Guenther Witzany, Biocommunication of Animals (page 197)
- Over half of the crows anticipated the feeder, and peered in the window of the building from whence the crow feeder would emerge prior to a feeding session. A majority also called loudly with a short staccato sequence of 3–5 kaws at the start of the feeding session.
- 2013, Guenther Witzany, Biocommunication of Animals (page 197)
Southern Ohlone
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaw/
White Hmong
Synonyms
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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