kauw

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) a jackdaw, the bird species Coloeus monedula, closely related to the crow, magpie and raven
2. (masculine) its cry

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of kauwen:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of kauwen:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of kauwen:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑu̯/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cauwe, from Old Dutch *kāwa, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (compare West Frisian ka), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”) (compare Lithuanian giedóti, Tocharian A kāk (“he calls upon”), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati)).