yaws

See also: Yaws

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːz
• Homophone: yous (some non-rhotic accents, especially with the pour–poor merger)

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.

Noun

yaws (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.

   Synonyms: frambesia, parangi, pian

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 16:

     Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.

Derived terms

• crab yaws

 

Translations

a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue

• Cebuano: puko
• German: Frambösie f
• Hindi: गोंडी रोग (goṇḍī rog), माड़िया रोग (māṛiyā rog)
• Hungarian: frambőzia
• Indonesian: puru (id), patek (id)
• Japanese: 森林梅毒 (shinrinbaidoku)
• Javanese: ꦥꦛꦺꦏ꧀ (pathék), ꦥꦸꦫꦸ (puru)
• Malay: puru (ms)
• Nheengatu: piã
• Old Tupi: piã
• Pohnpeian: kens
• Polish: malinica (pl) f, jagodzica f, frambezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: bouba (pt) f, piã m (Brazil)
• Samoan: tona
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: buba
• Tahitian: tona

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

yaws

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw

Noun

yaws

1. plural of yaw

Anagrams

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways