caws

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔz/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kɑz/
• Homophones: cause; cores (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɔːz

caws

1. plural of caw

caws

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of caw

• AScW, WACs, WCAs, scaw

From Proto-Somaloid *ʕaus- (“grass”). Cognate with Jiiddu is, Rendille h'os, Daasanach iish, Afar qayso, Sidamo hayisso. Compare also cawlan (“grey”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈʕɑ́ws/
• (Maay) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːs/
• (Garre) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːs/, [ˈɒːs]
• (Tunni) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːs/

cáws m

1. grass

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

• IPA^(key): /kau̯s/
• Rhymes: -au̯s

caws m (uncountable, diminutive cosyn)

1. cheese; curds; a cheese

• bara a chaws (“bread and cheese”)
• cawslyd (“cheesy”)
• cosyn (“a cheese (countable)”)
• lliain caws (“cheesecloth”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “caws”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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