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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

yaw-haw en · NOUN

Etymology

Imitative

Meanings

A loud, coarse laugh.
- […] it was greeted with "a loud, tremendous yaw haw from all quarters," […] 1965, George Rawlings Poage, Henry Clay and the Whig Party:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
yaw-haws	Number=Plur		lexicographic

yaw-haw en · VERB

Etymology

Imitative

Meanings

To laugh loudly

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
yaw-hawing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
yaw-haws	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
yaw-hawed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
yaw-hawed	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi hahattaa (to laugh loudly) · fi hohottaa (to laugh loudly)