dawb

See also: daWb

English

Verb

dawb (third-person singular simple present dawbs, present participle dawbing, simple past and past participle dawbed)

1. Archaic form of daub.

Noun

dawb (plural dawbs)

1. Archaic form of daub.

Anagrams

• BWAD, bawd

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *qlowᴬ (“white”). The "free" sense is perhaps a semantic loan from Thai ขาว (kǎao, “white”) or Lao ຂາວ (khāo, “white”), both which have a colloquial usage meaning "free of charge".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɨ̯˥/

Adjective

dawb

1. white
2. (both literally and figurately) clean
3. of or relating to Caucasian

Adjective

dawb

1. free of charge
2. not requiring any payment
3. unoccupied, idle

Adverb

dawb

1. free of charge
2. without any payment being required

Derived terms

• Hmoob Dawb (“White Hmong”)

 

References

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