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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English crawl.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: crau
Noun
crau m (uncountable)
- (Brazil) crawl (swimming style)
- Synonym: (Portugal) crol
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
crau
- 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”)).
Noun
crau m (plural creuau)
- sty
- eye socket
References
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), Old English hrǣw (English raw).
Noun
crau m or f (uncountable)
- blood, gore
- carnage
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
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