"kaws" meaning in White Hmong

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Noun

IPA: /kaɨ̯˩/
Etymology templates: {{bor|mww|th|คางคก|t=toad}} Thai คางคก (kaang-kók, “toad”), {{bor|mww|lo|ຄັນຄາກ|t=id}} Lao ຄັນຄາກ (khan khāk, “id”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} kaws
  1. used in qav kaws (“toad”)
    Sense id: en-kaws-mww-noun-C6nWXy0J
  2. used in qav kaws (“toad”)
    (slang) toad
    Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-kaws-mww-noun-Goa5oIN1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kaɨ̯˩/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*kowᴰ|t=to gnaw}} Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|咬|to bite}} 咬 (OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw, “to bite”), {{och-l|齧|to gnaw, bite}} 齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw, bite”) Head templates: {{head|mww|verb}} kaws
  1. to gnaw, to chew upon
    Sense id: en-kaws-mww-verb-vvr8t~y-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
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      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "齧",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
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  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The dob gnaws the bone.",
          "text": "Dev kaws pob txha.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The horse nibbles on the grass.",
          "text": "Nees kaws kaws zaub.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to gnaw, to chew upon"
      ],
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          "gnaw",
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        ],
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          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
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          "upon",
          "upon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
}

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      "name": "bor"
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    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "咬 (OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw, “to bite”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "齧",
        "2": "to gnaw, bite"
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        {
          "english": "The dob gnaws the bone.",
          "text": "Dev kaws pob txha.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The horse nibbles on the grass.",
          "text": "Nees kaws kaws zaub.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to gnaw, to chew upon"
      ],
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          "gnaw",
          "gnaw"
        ],
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          "chew",
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          "upon",
          "upon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
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      "name": "bor"
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        ],
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          "toad",
          "toad"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
}

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