pawk

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See Puck

Alternative forms

Noun

pawk (plural pawks)

  1. (Scotland) A wile
    • 1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16:
      So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!
    • 1768, William Wilkie, Fables, page 118:
      and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin.
    • 1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:
      I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

pawk (plural pawks)

  1. (obsolete) A small lobster[1]

References

  1. ^ “pawk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အပေါက် (a.pauk).

Noun

pawk

  1. hole

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pawk m anim

  1. spider

Declension

Declension of pawk
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative pawk pawka pawki
Genitive pawka pawkowu pawkow
Dative pawkoju pawkoma pawkam
Accusative pawka pawkowu pawki, pawkow
Instrumental pawkom pawkoma pawkami
Locative pawku pawkoma pawkach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pawk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pawk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàǭkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpawk/
  • Rhymes: -awk
  • Hyphenation: pawk
  • Syllabification: pawk

Noun

pawk m animal

  1. (zoology) spider

Declension

Declension of pawk (masculine velar stem)
singular dual plural
nominative pawk pawkaj pawki
genitive pawka pawkow pawkow
dative pawkej pawkomaj pawkam
accusative pawka pawkaj pawki
instrumental pawkom pawkomaj pawkami
locative pawku pawkomaj pawkach
vocative pawko pawkaj pawki

References

  • “pawk” in Soblex
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