keowe

Yola

Alternative forms

• kewe, khow

Etymology

From Middle English scove. Initial s- was lost before /kuː/ or /kʊ/, compare cowdealeen (“scolding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/
• Homophones: cou, keow, keough

Noun

keowe

1. shove

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49