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Is daw a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word daw is a Scrabble US word. The word daw is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

D2A1W4

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D2A1W4

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3-letter words (2 found)

DAW,WAD,

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AD,AW,DA,

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Definitions and meaning of daw

daw

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Homophones: DAW, d'aw; door (non-rhotic)

Etymology 1

From Middle English dawe, from Old English *dāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Cognate with German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach.

Noun

daw (plural daws)

  1. A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
  2. (obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.
Synonyms
  • jackdaw (Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw, western jackdaw)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną (“to become day, dawn”), from *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.
  3. (obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.
Derived terms
  • adaw
  • bedaw
Translations

Anagrams

  • -wad, ADW, AWD, WAD, wad

Bikol Central

Particle

daw

  1. marks a sentence as interrogative

Bolongan

Etymology

From a substrate language (compare Baram Kayan daw < Proto-Kayanic *daw and Eastern Penan daw < Proto-Kenyah *ədʰaw), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qajaw. False cognate of English day.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaw/

Noun

daw

  1. day
    Synonym: medaw

Further reading

  • Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “daw”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Matal

Verb

daw

  1. to throw, cast
  2. to sell

References

Middle English

Verb

daw

  1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of dawen

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • dao, rao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
  • raw

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central daa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daw/ [d̪aʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: daw

Particle

daw (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ᜔)

  1. indicates something said by another person or group: so they say; according to people; according to an aforementioned person
    Synonyms: kuno, dikuno, umano, diumano
  2. allegedly

Usage notes

  • When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, raw is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, diyan, doon, and din.

Further reading

  • “daw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • deith (colloquial)
  • dêl (literary)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /daːu̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /dau̯/
  • Rhymes: -au̯

Verb

daw

  1. third-person singular present/future of dod

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org