Saw
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Hindi surname): Sawh
Etymology 1
[edit]Various origins:
- English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from saw. Compare Sawyer.
- Borrowed from Hindi साव (sāv); this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state.
- Borrowed from Burmese စော (cau:), a nickname meaning "honorable".
Proper noun
[edit]Saw (plural Saws)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saw is the 33121st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 691 individuals. Saw is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (80.75%) and White (13.46%) individuals.
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]Saw (plural Saws)
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A Bahamian.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 154:
- Since Tea Cake and Janie had friended with the Bahaman workers in the ’Glades, they, the “Saws,” had been gradually drawn into the American crowd.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Hindi
- English terms borrowed from Burmese
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- African-American Vernacular English
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames from Hindi
- English surnames from Burmese