kauwen
Meaning
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- (intransitive) to chew
- (transitive) to chew up, to form by chewing
Frequency
Hyphenated as
kau‧wen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɑu̯.ə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cauwen, variant of couwen, cuwen, from Old Dutch *kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną. Though auw and ouw are now homophonous, they were formerly distinguished. The origin of the unexpected auw-vocalism is uncertain, but has been compared to English chaw versus chew.
New
kauw
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- (masculine) a jackdaw, the bird species Coloeus monedula, closely related to the crow, magpie and raven
- (masculine) its cry
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