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▪ I. pou
Sc. and north. dial. form of pull.
▪ II. pou
see pouw.
▪ III. pou(w) S. Africa.|pəʊ|
Forms: α. 9– pouw, pou, 9 pow; β. 9 paauw, paow, 9– pauw.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. paauw peacock.]
The name applied generally in S. Africa to species of Bustard. Cf. gompaauw.
α1798A. Barnard Jrnl. 13 May in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 439, I..tied the pow, or wild peacock, to the waggon—a very fine bird indeed, of grave colours, but rich brown. 1858[see dikkop 1]. 1872Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 339/1 The Bustard, which of all others the sportsman endeavours to secure in Africa, is the Pouw. 1892Daily News 8 Mar. 5/3 Shooting in all two quagga, two koodoo,..and a pow,..an enormous bird, standing about 4ft. high, chiefly body. 1959Cape Argus Mag. 3 Jan. 8/2 Even the beginner in bird lore would not look for..a pou in the Knysna forest. 1966[see nartjie].
β1800G. Yonge in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) III. 197 Pauws or Wild Peacocks are become extremely scarce. 1838[see gompaauw, gompauw]. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 18/2, I..perceived a large paow or bustard walking on the plain before me. 1879A. Forbes in Daily News 28 June 5/7 Among the game of the veldt is a noble bird called a paauw—a species of wild turkey. Ibid., The paauw combines the flavours of the grouse and the turkey. 1886G. A. Farini Through Kalahari Desert v. 62, I saw a large pauw out in the open. 1894Newton Dict. Birds 683. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn iii. 39 To make this feast there had been a great killing: of oxen,..of wildfowl, guineas, pauws, and pheasants. |