crau

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English crawl.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: crau

Noun

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crau m (uncountable)

  1. (Brazil) crawl (swimming style)
    Synonym: (Portugal) crol

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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crau

  1. caw (sound made by crows)

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Welsh creu, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (enclosure) (compare Breton krao (eye of a needle), kraou (stable), Cornish krow (hut, shed, sty), Irish cró (eye socket; enclosure)), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁- (to hide) (compare Old English hrēodan (to cover), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, to hide)).[1]

Noun

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crau m (plural creuau)

  1. sty
  2. eye socket

References

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Brythonic *krow, from Proto-Celtic *krūs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s. Cognate with Irish cró, Latin cruor, Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas),[1] Old English hrǣw (English raw).

Noun

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crau m or f (uncountable)

  1. blood, gore
  2. carnage
Derived terms
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References

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

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crau grau nghrau chrau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.