kav

Abbreviation of English Kanamarí with v as a placeholder.

kav

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kanamarí.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaf]

kav f

1. genitive plural of kava

Contraction of kapav, from French capable. Compare Haitian Creole kab.

• IPA^(key): [ka(v)]

kav (medial form kav)

1. (auxiliary) can; to be able to

kav

1. imperative of kave

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاو (kav, “tinder, touchwood”), from Proto-Turkic *kiab (“tree fungus; dry grass”).

kav (definite accusative kavı, plural kavlar)

1. tinder, punk, touchwood, amadou, any spongy and flammable substance used to light fire

   Synonym: mantar kavı

2. slough, the skin shed by a snake or other reptile when the old skin is outgrown

• “kav”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kav”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kav2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2476
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kav”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Borrowed from French cavé.

kav (definite accusative kavı, plural kavlar)

1. (card games) bet, any money wagered during the play of a hand

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kav”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kav8”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2477

• IPA^(key): /ka˧˦/

kav

1. to manage, govern, rule
2. to protect

kav

1. stem, trunk (of vine, tree)
2. barrel (of a gun), pipe
3. (anatomy) shin, lower leg

• kav fes
• kav hlau qhib dej
• kav hlau tshau qhov
• kav hlau txais xov
• kav hlaub
• kav paj
• kav teb chaws
• kavtheej
• kavxwm
• kav ywm
• nees faj kav
• txwm kav
• tsis kav