daw

See also: daw., Daw, DAW, daW, and d'aw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔː/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː
• Homophone: door (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English dawe, from Old English dāwe, from Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ (compare German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰākʷ- (compare Old Prussian doacke (“starling”)).

Noun

daw (plural daws)

1. A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
   • Waller

     The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws / The whole assembly of his fellow daws.

   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

     […] But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve

     For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.

2. (obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.
   • 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p.

     ‘Of course I do, you great daw.’ She kissed his beautiful mouth and moved his fringe out of his eyes.

Synonyms

• jackdaw (Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw, western jackdaw)

Translations

Coloeus monedula — see jackdaw

Etymology 2

From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-Germanic *dagāną (“to become day, dawn”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). More at day, dawn.

Verb

daw (third-person singular simple present daws, present participle dawing, simple past and past participle dawed)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) To dawn.
2. (obsolete) To wake (someone) up.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter 10, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI:
     :

     ANd whanne the Quene herd them saye soo / she felle to the erthe in a dede swoune / and thenne syr Bors took her vp / and dawed her / & whanne she was awaked she kneled afore the thre knyghtes / and helde vp bothe their handes and besoughte them to seke hym

3. (obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• adaw
• bedaw

Translations

dawn — see dawn

Anagrams

• -wad, ADW, AWD, WAD, wad

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Matal

Verb

daw

1. to throw, cast

   Mok uwana Yesu auguzahay la gay mukwà aŋa Galili kà, anəŋà Səmon uwana tazallala Piyer atà la deda aŋha Andəre, uwana tadàw dzarawa aŋatà à iyaw à abà; kà uwana atà azlaməna makas kilfi. (Mata 4:18)

   Now as he was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, who were casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen). (Matthew 4:18)

2. to sell

   Kəla tatak uwana tadàw ala la kasukwa, bokuba azlasləɓ kapaɗaw, kokuɗa maɓək gel à ahəŋ səla la ləv aŋkul la tsəh. (Korinitiya 10:25)

   Eat everything that they sell in the meat market, asking no questions for the sake of the conscience. (Corinthians 10:25)

   Tadàw sla ala, la azlatuwaŋ, la azlahabakoku, aɓə̀z azlaməna maɓaɗla sili à gəl bay, tadzàh madzay la huma aŋa sili aŋatà, taɓàɗla. (Yuhana 2:14)

   They were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated. (John 2:14)

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daw/, [daʊ̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaw/, [ˈɾaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw

Particle

daw

1. Indicates something said by another person or group

   Marunong daw siya

   They say he is wise.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• deith (colloquial)
• dêl (literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːu̯/
• IPA^(key): /dau̯/

Verb

daw

1. third-person singular present/future of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
daw	ddaw	naw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.