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Adjective

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blaw (strong nominative masculine singular blawer, comparative blawer, superlative am blawesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of blau.

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Middle English

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Noun

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blaw

  1. Alternative form of blow

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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blāw

  1. blue

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: blo, bla, bloo, bloe
    • English: blow
    • Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

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Colors in Old English · dēage (layout · text)
     hwīt      grǣġ      blæc, sweart
             rēad; basu              ġeolurēad; brūn              ġeolu
                          grēne             
                          blāw              blāw
                          purpuren             

Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (to blow). More at English blow.

Verb

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blaw (third-person singular simple present blaws, present participle blawin, simple past blew, past participle blawen)

  1. to blow
    • 1783, Robert Burns, My Nanie, O:
      The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill; / The night's baith mirk and rainy, O
      The westerly wind blows loud and shrill; / The night's both dark and rainy, O

Sranan Tongo

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Blaw

Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch blauw.

Adjective

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blaw

  1. blue

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Colours in Sranan Tongo (kloru) (layout · text)
     redi      geri      blaw      grun      weti
     blaka      broin      alanya      lila      [Term?]

References

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  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “blaw”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary