yawl

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɔːl/ (General American) IPA(key): /jɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /jɑl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl Homophone: y'all === Etymology 1 === Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus. ==== Noun ==== yawl (plural yawls) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post. ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: aiola, aiole, iole ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Imitative. ==== Verb ==== yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled) To cry out; to howl. === References === === Anagrams === waly, wyla == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jol/ === Noun === yawl m (plural yawls) yawl (type of boat) === Further reading === “yawl”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Manx == === Etymology === Borrowed from English yawl. === Noun === yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn) yawl