drawl

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
2. To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
3. To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
4. To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

shoot

speak in a drawl

prolong syllables

brogue

speak in a lengthened tone

speak slowly

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/dɹɔːl/

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi îzlendî

In summary

From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw + -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).