caws

See also: Caws

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɔz/
Audio (US) (file)
(cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɑz/
Homophones: cause, cores (non-rhotic accents)
Rhymes: -ɔːz

Noun

caws

plural of caw

Verb

caws

third-person singular simple present indicative of caw

Anagrams

AScW, WACs, WCAs, scaw

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar qayso and Sidamo hayisso.

Noun

caws m

grass

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh caws, from Old Welsh caus, from Proto-Brythonic *kọs, a borrowing from Latin cāseus. Cognate with Cornish keus, Breton keuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kau̯s/
Rhymes: -au̯s

Noun

caws m (uncountable)

cheese; curds; a cheese

Derived terms

bara a chaws (“bread and cheese”)
cawslyd (“cheesy”)
cosyn (“a cheese (countable)”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caws	gaws	nghaws	chaws
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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