maw

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

muil

opening

bek

afgrond

pens

maag

kloof

keel

farynx

Synoniemen

abomasum

mouth

gullet

trap

🪤

throat

stomach

gob

muzzle

cakehole

pharynx

hole

🕳️

jaws

crop

tunnel

yap

abyss

womb

upper respiratory tract

upper airway

stoma

crop of a bird

maw seed

oral fissure

station throat

rennet-bag

reed tripe

belly

chasm

divide

fauces

gab

gorge

gulf

gut

mouthpiece

mug

neck

neckband

ravine

scrag

tummy

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mɔː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mawe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: maga

Verwant aan Fries: mage

Verwant aan Nederlands: maag

Verwant aan Duits: Magen

Verwant aan Deens: mave

Verwant aan Noors: mage

Verwant aan Zweeds: mage

Verwant aan Welsh: megin

Verwant aan Russisch: мошна́

Verwant aan Litouws: mãkas

Verwant aan Fins: maha

Verwant aan Estisch: magu

Verwant aan Noors: måke

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”).