maw

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The stomach, especially of an animal.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.
  3. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) The mouth.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
  5. (obsolete, uncountable) Appetite; inclination.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The swim bladder of a fish, especially when used as food in Chinese cuisine.

Έννοιες

άβυσσος

λαιμός

στόμα

φάρυγγας

μπούκα

stomáchi

Συχνότητα

C2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/mɔː/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English mawe, maghe, maȝe, from Old English maga (“stomach; maw”), from Proto-West Germanic *magō, from Proto-Germanic *magô (“belly; stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian mage, Dutch maag (“stomach; belly”), German Low German Maag, German Magen (“stomach”), Danish mave, Norwegian mage (“stomach”), Swedish mage (“stomach; belly”), and also with Welsh megin (“bellows”), archaic Russian мошна́ (mošná, “pocket, bag”), Lithuanian mãkas (“purse”), Finnish maha (“stomach”), Estonian magu (“stomach”).

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