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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Möwe. The form מייוו (meyv) is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
מעווע • (meve) f, plural מעוועס (meves)
- seagull
Further reading
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “מעווע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 413