Common Lexeme

seraw

Keywords: animals, birds

Pronunciation (IPA): 'se.raw 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: pali 
Forms: seraw 
Glosses: crow, raven, caw 

Description:

The term 'seraw' refers to a crow or raven. Common doesn't normally make a distinction between these two birds. Seraw is an Old Common word going back to the language's early days, one of the rare examples of an animal word that fits in this category. As a noun is refers to the bird. It may be used as a intransitive pali verb meaning to make a sound like a crow ('caw'). The compound 'seraw lawt' is a way of refering to the sound a crow makes.

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