crau

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English crawl.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾaw/ [ˈkɾaʊ̯]

  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: crau

Noun

crau m (uncountable)

  1. (Brazil) crawl (swimming style)
    Synonym: (Portugal) crol

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

crau

  1. caw (sound made by crows)

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh creu, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (“enclosure”) (compare Breton krao (“eye of a needle”), kraou (“stable”), Cornish krow (“hut, shed, sty”), Irish cró (“eye socket; enclosure”)), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁- (“to hide”) (compare Old English hrēodan (“to cover”), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, “to hide”)).[1]

Noun

crau m (plural creuau)

  1. sty
  2. eye socket

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*kruw(y)o-”, Zagreb, p. 23

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *krow, from Proto-Celtic *krowos, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s. Cognate with Irish cró, Latin cruor, Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas),[1] Old English hrǣw (English raw).

Noun

crau m or f (uncountable)

  1. blood, gore
  2. carnage
Derived terms

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

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crau grau nghrau chrau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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