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From Middle English cou, from Old English cū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus.
Wikipedia cow (plural cows, cattle or kine (archaic))
- A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.
- More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
- The meat (beef) of such animals, used as food for humans.
- The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (derogatory, informal) A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful.
- (informal) Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless.
- That website is a real cow to navigate.
- (informal) A conniption fit or hissy fit; a state of agitation (only in the phrase have a cow).
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- (female domesticated ox or other bovine): bull (male, uncastrated), ox or steer (male, castrated), heifer (female, immature)
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female domesticated ox or other bovine
- Abkhaz: ажә (ab) (až°)
- Adyghe: чэмы (č'amə)
- Afrikaans: koei (af)
- Ancient Greek: βοῦς (bous) f.
- Arabic: بقرة (ar) (báqara) f.
- Aragonese: baca (an) f.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܬܘܪܬܐ (tōrtā, tōrto) f.
- Hebrew: תורתא (tōrtā, tōrto) f.
- Armenian: կով (hy) (kov)
- Aromanian: vacã f.
- Asturian: vaca (ast) f., vaca (ast) f., vaques (ast) f. pl.
- Azeri: inək (az)
- Bashkir: һыйыр (hıyır)
- Basque: behi (eu) f.
- Belarusian: карова (be) (karóva) f.
- Bemba: nañ-ñombe
- Bosnian: krava (bs) f.
- Breton: buoc'h (br) f.
- Bulgarian: крава (bg) (kráva) f.
- Burmese: နွားမ (my) (năma.)
- Catalan: vaca f.
- Cebuano: baka gaijen
- Chamicuro: waka
- Chamorro: guäkä
- Chechen: етт (ce) (ett)
- Cherokee: ᏩᎦ (chr) (waga), ᏩᎧ (chr) (waka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 母牛 (zh) (mǔníu)
- Min Nan: 牛母 (gû-bó, gû-bú), 牛 (gû)
- Chuvash: ӗне (cv) (ĕne)
- Cornish: bugh (kw) f.
- Crimean Tatar: sığır, tuvar, sıyır
- Croatian: krava (hr) f.
- Czech: kráva (cs) f.
- Dalmatian: baca f., busca f.
- Danish: ko (da) c.
- Dutch: koe (nl) f.
- Erzya: скал (myv) (skal)
- Eshtehardi: گاوَ (gâva) f.
- Esperanto: bovino (eo)
- Estonian: lehm (et) f.
- Faroese: kúgv (fo) f.
- Finnish: lehmä (fi)
- French: vache (fr) f.
- Galician: vaca (gl) f.
- Georgian: ძროხა (ka) (jroxa)
- German: Kuh (de) f.
- Greek:
- Ancient: βοῦς (grc) (bous) f.
- Modern: αγελάδα (el) f. (ageláda)
- Haitian Creole: vach
- Hebrew: פרה (he) (pará) f.
- Hindi: गाय (hi) (gāy) f.
- Hungarian: tehén (hu)
- Icelandic: kýr (is) f., belja (is) f. (informal)
- Inari Sami: kussâ
- Indonesian: sapi (id)
- Acehnese: leumo
- Javanese: lembu (jv)
- Minangkabau: jawi
- Interlingua: vacca (ia)
- Irish: bó (ga) f.
- Italian: vacca (it) f., mucca (it) f.
- Japanese: 雌牛 (ja) (めうし, meushi), 牛 (ja) (うし, ushi)
- Kabardian: жэм (žam)
- Kabyle: tafunast f.
- Kalmyk: үкр (ükr)
- Karachay-Balkar: ийнек (krc) (iynek)
- Karakalpak: sıyır (kaa)
- Karelian: lehmä
- Kashubian: karwa (csb) f.
- Kazakh: сиыр (kk) (sïır)
- Khakas: інек (ínek)
- Khasi: masi
- Khmer: មេគោ (km) (mee kou)
- Kildin Sami: лӣхемь (līheḿ)
- Kinyarwanda: inka
- Komi: мӧс (kv) (məs)
- Kongo: ngombe
- Korean: 암소 (ko) (amso)
- Kumyk: сыйыр (sıyır), инек (inek)
- Kurdish: مانگا, چێڵ
- Kyrgyz: уй (ky) (uy)
- Lao: ງົວ (lo) (ngua)
- Latgalian: gūvs f.
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- Latin: vacca (la), bōs (la) f.
- Latvian: govs (lv) f.
- Luo: dhiang'
- Luxembourgish: Kou (lb) f.
- Macedonian: крава (mk) (kráva) f.
- Malay: lembu (ms)
- Maltese: baqra (mt) f.
- Manx: booa (gv) f.
- Maori: kau (mi)
- Marathi: गाय (mr) (gāy) f.
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: ушкал (mhr) (uškal)
- Western Mari: ышкал (mrj) (əškal)
- Mazanderani: گو (gu)
- Moksha: тракс (mdf) (traks)
- Mongolian: үнээ (mn) (ünee)
- Nahuatl: vaca
- Nogai: сыйыр (sıyır)
- Northern Sami: gussa (se)
- Northern Sotho: kgômogadi
- Norwegian: ku (no) f.
- Nottoway-Meherrin: toskerung
- O'odham: haiwani
- Occitan: vaca f.
- Okinawan: うし (ushi)
- Old English: cū (ang) f.
- Old Irish: bó f.
- Old Norse: kýr f.
- Ossetian:
- Digor: гъог (g”og)
- Iron: хъуг (x”ug)
- Persian: ماده گاو (fa) (mâde-gâv), گاو (fa) (gâv)
- Polish: krowa (pl) f.
- Portuguese: vaca (pt) f.
- Quechua: wuakra (qu)
- Rohingya: gai
- Romagnolo: munghèna f.
- Romani: गूरूव्नी (gūrūvnī)
- Romanian: vacă (ro) f.
- Romansch: vatga, vacha (rm) f.
- Russia Buryat: үнеэн (üneen)
- Russian: корова (ru) (koróva) f.
- Samoan: povi (sm)
- Santali: ᱜᱟᱤ (gaai)
- Scots: coo, kye
- Scottish Gaelic: bò (gd) f., bó (gd) f.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: крава (sh) f.
- Roman: krava (sh) f.
- Shona: mhóu
- Shor: нек (nek)
- Sicilian: vacca (scn) f.
- Skolt Sami: kuss
- Slovak: krava (sk) f.
- Slovene: krava (sl) f.
- Somali: sac
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: krowa (dsb) f.
- Upper Sorbian: kruwa (hsb) f.
- Southern Altai: уй (uy)
- Spanish: vaca (es) f.
- Swahili: ng'ombe (sw)
- Swati: ín-khomâti
- Swedish: ko (sv) c., kossa (sv) c.
- Tamil: பசு
- Taos: kòsi’ína
- Tatar: sıyır (tt), сыер (tt)
- Telugu: ఆవు
- Thai: วัว (th) (wua), โค (th) (koh)
- Tok Pisin: bulmakau meri
- Tongan: pulu fefine
- Turkish: inek (tr)
- Turkmen: sygyr (tk)
- Udmurt: скал (udm) (skal)
- Ukrainian: корова (uk) (koróva) f.
- Urdu: گای (ur) (gāy) f.
- Uzbek: sigir (uz)
- Veps: lehm
- Vietnamese: bò (vi), bò cái (vi)
- Volapük: kun (vo), jibub (vo)
- Welsh: buwch (cy) f.
- West Frisian: ko (fy)
- Wolof: nag wi (wo)
- Yakut: ынах (ınax)
- Yiddish: קו (yi) (ku) f.
- Yucatec: wakax
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any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age
female of various species of mammal
derogatory: despicable woman
informal: anything annoyingly difficult
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- Maltese: baqra (mt)
- Mohawk: tyonnhonhskwaron
- Norwegian: ku (no) f.
- Occitan: vaca (oc) f.
- Ojibwe: bižiki
- Old Norse: ko, ku
- Persian: گاو (gāv)
- Romani: gurumni f.
- Sardinian: bulu (sc), óinu, bàcchinu, bóinu, bacca, vacca
- Scottish Gaelic: bó (gd) f.
- Seri: ziix cooha (sei), heen, hant csii (archaic)
- Slovak: krava (sk) f.
- Upper Sorbian: howjado
- Sumerian: gu
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵏⴰⵙⵜ (tafunast) f.
- Telugu: ఆవు (te) (aavu), గోవు (goovu)
- Tibetan: བ་ (bo) (pa)
- Tok Pisin: bulmakau (tpi) (1), bulmakau meri (2)
- Turkish: sığır (tr), inek
- Ukrainian: корова (uk) (korova) f., худоба (ḥudoba) f., бидло (bydlo) n.
- Urdu: گای (gāy) f.
- Walloon: vatche (wa)
- Welsh: buwch (cy) f.
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai: 'qwaaka
- Yucatec Maya: wakaš
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[edit] Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse kúga (“to oppress”) ( > Danish kue, Swedish kuva), compare Icelandic kúfa (“to set on top”).
cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)
- (transitive) To intimidate. Found primarily in the passive voice.
- Con artists are not cowed by the law.
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