yawl

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See also: y'awl

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (tube), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite (auli-, tube-shaped organ in the neck), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

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Particularly: “Connected to yoal and yole?”

Noun

yawl (plural yawls)

  1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
Descendants
  • Portuguese: aiola, aiole, iole
Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

  1. To cry out; to howl.

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “205”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 205

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

yawl m (plural yawls)

  1. yawl (type of boat)

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English yawl.

Noun

yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)

  1. yawl