"kaws" meaning in White Hmong

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*kowᴰ",
        "t": "to gnaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "咬",
        "2": "to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "咬 (OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw, “to bite”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "齧",
        "2": "to gnaw, bite"
      },
      "expansion": "齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw, bite”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kaws",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to gnaw, to chew upon"
      ],
      "id": "en-kaws-mww-verb-vvr8t~y-",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnaw",
          "gnaw"
        ],
        [
          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "th",
        "3": "คางคก",
        "t": "toad"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai คางคก (kaang-kók, “toad”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "lo",
        "3": "ຄັນຄາກ",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ຄັນຄາກ (khan khāk, “id”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kaws",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used in qav kaws (“toad”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kaws-mww-noun-C6nWXy0J",
      "links": [
        [
          "qav kaws",
          "qav kaws#White Hmong"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "used in qav kaws (“toad”)",
        "toad"
      ],
      "id": "en-kaws-mww-noun-Goa5oIN1",
      "links": [
        [
          "qav kaws",
          "qav kaws#White Hmong"
        ],
        [
          "toad",
          "toad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "used in qav kaws (“toad”)",
        "(slang) toad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "White Hmong verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*kowᴰ",
        "t": "to gnaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "咬",
        "2": "to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "咬 (OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw, “to bite”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "齧",
        "2": "to gnaw, bite"
      },
      "expansion": "齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw, bite”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *kowᴰ (“to gnaw”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kaws",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "White Hmong terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to gnaw, to chew upon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gnaw",
          "gnaw"
        ],
        [
          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "th",
        "3": "คางคก",
        "t": "toad"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai คางคก (kaang-kók, “toad”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "lo",
        "3": "ຄັນຄາກ",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ຄັນຄາກ (khan khāk, “id”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kaws",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used in qav kaws (“toad”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "qav kaws",
          "qav kaws#White Hmong"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "White Hmong slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in qav kaws (“toad”)",
        "toad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "qav kaws",
          "qav kaws#White Hmong"
        ],
        [
          "toad",
          "toad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "used in qav kaws (“toad”)",
        "(slang) toad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaws"
}