pawk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔːk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Etymology 1
See Puck
Alternative forms
- pauk
Noun
pawk (plural pawks)
- (Scotland) A wile
- 1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16:
- So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!
- 1768, William Wilkie, Fables, page 118:
- and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin.
- 1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:
- I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round.
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Derived terms
- pawkery
- pawky
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
pawk (plural pawks)
- A small lobster.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pawk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese အပေါက် (a.pauk).
Noun
pawk
- hole
References
- Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research, volume 35, DOI:, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pawk/
Noun
pawk m
- spider
Declension
Declension of pawk
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pawk | pawka | pawki |
| Genitive | pawka | pawkowu | pawkow |
| Dative | pawkoju | pawkoma | pawkam |
| Accusative | pawka | pawkowu | pawki, pawkow |
| Instrumental | pawkom | pawkoma | pawkami |
| Locative | pawku | pawkoma | pawkach |
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “pawk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “pawk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).
Noun
pawk m
- spider
Further reading
- “pawk” in Soblex