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3-letter words (3 found)

TAW,TWA,WAT,

2-letter words (3 found)

AT,AW,TA,

You can make 6 words from taw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of taw

taw atw twa wta awt wat

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Definitions and meaning of taw

taw

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː
  • Homophone: tau

Etymology 1

From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).

Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  3. (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
    1. (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
Related terms
  • tool

Noun

taw

  1. (obsolete) Tawed leather.

Derived terms

  • tawse

Etymology 2

Unknown. Attested in English from the 18th century. Compare Old English tāw (“instrument”). Also compare Irish togh (“choose, elect”).

Noun

taw (plural taws)

  2. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
  3. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
  4. (square dancing) A dance partner.
  5. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. To shoot a marble.

Etymology 3

Compare Phoenician 𐤕 (tāw), Hebrew ת (tav), Arabic تاء (tāʔ).

Alternative forms

  • tav
  • taf
  • tau

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

taw (plural taws)

  1. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

  • taw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.

Alternative forms

  • tawe (obsolete)

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. To push; to tug; to tow.

References

Additional sources

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • ATW, AWT, TWA, Twa, WAT, WTA, Wat, wat

Ili Turki

Noun

taw

  1. mountain

References

  • Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.

Maguindanao

Etymology

Akin to Tagalog tao.

Noun

taw

  1. a person

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taw/

Verb

taw

  1. third-person plural perfect of ta

Maranao

Noun

taw

  1. a person, a man or a woman, a human

Tatar

Noun

taw

  1. mountain

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tāyeti (“to be (stative)”) (compare Old Irish at·tá, Irish tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /taːu̯/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /tau̯/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ta/, /tə/
  • Rhymes: -au̯

Conjunction

taw

  1. (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
    • 1990, Y Faner, p. 8:
Synonyms
  • (formal) (North Wales, colloquial) mai

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tausos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm, “silently”)).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /taːu̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯/
  • Rhymes: -au̯

Noun

taw m (uncountable)

  1. silence
Derived terms
  • distaw (“quiet, silent”)
  • rhoi taw ar (“to silence”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taw

  1. second-person singular imperative of tewi

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *towᶜ (“foot”). Note similarities to Thai เท้า (táao, “id”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taɨ̯˧/

Noun

taw (classifier: tus)

  1. foot

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 310.

Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Fula toɓo, Laalaa fetoɓ, Serer teƥ.

Pronunciation

Verb

taw

  1. to rain

Noun

taw (definite form taw bi)

  1. rain

Source: wiktionary.org