kau

Animals in Japanese / Names List / Starting with ka か

Translation

kau means "Cow" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.

  • Cow Terminology
    In English, a Cow is technically the term for female adult Cattle. The male Cow is called a Bull. In Japanese, ushi 牛 is gender-neutral, and refers to either a Cow or a Bull. The terms meushi 雌牛 and oushi 牡牛 refer to female and male Cattle specifically.
kau does not have kanji.
Romaji ka u
Katakanaカウ
Hiraganaかう

Trivia

  • "Cowboy" in Japanese is kaubooi カウボーイ.
meushi 雌牛
meushi 雌牛
oushi 牡牛
oushi 牡牛

Synonyms

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: 牛 (Cow)
kyoseigyuu 去勢牛, koushi 子牛, chikugyuu 畜牛, chichiushi 乳牛, meushi 雌牛.