meow
意味
- ニャー(猫の鳴き声)
- 〈猫が〉ニャーと鳴く[擬声語]
例文
"Meow! Meow! Meowww!" "Not now, Cookie."
「ニャー！ニャー！ニャアアアー！」「ちょっと待った、クッキー」
The cat next door won't ever shut up with all that meowing.
隣の猫って、ニャーニャーうるさいの。
"Meow" means "woof" in cat.
ニャーって猫語でワンです。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low German mauwen, mawen, mouwen (“to meow”) (whence modern German Low German mauen, miauen (“to meow”)), Middle High German mouen, modern German miauen (“to meow”). Some spellings were modelled on French miaou.