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  • As they entered their pretty cabin, for so the English oftenest designate a first-class stateroom, a pitiful "miew," long drawn out, and at once answered by a hoarse "Shut up!" greeted their ears.

    All Aboard A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

  • She struggled to get away each time that Dick tried to carry her out of the ship, making an odd sort of "miew," and trying to coax him to come where she led him.

    Dick and His Cat and Other Tales Florence M. [Illustrator] Cooper

  • "Miew, miew," Deborah continued, and stuck her little red tongue right into the yellow bowl.

    Clematis Ernest Cobb 1920

  • "Miew, miew," Deborah continued, and stuck her little red tongue right into the yellow bowl.

    manybooks.net 2008

  • Well at least Pokomon's cousins who look like digimons and go miew miew or something.

    Anime Nano! 2008

  • Shia the cat walked by, and Leelo sang, "There's a one cat meowing in my heart, miaow miew, there's a one cat meowing in my horn."

    Squidalicious 2008

  • Croatian kukuriku mijau Dutch kukeleku miauw French cocorico miau German das Kikeriku das Miau Hungarian kukurikú nyavogas Indonesian kukurukuk ngéong Italian chicchirichi miagolio Japanese kokko-kooko nyaw Korean kkokyo meow Norwegian kykeliky mjaue Polish kukuryku miau Portuguese cocorocó miado Romanian cutcurigu mieunat Swedish kuckeliku jama Thai aek-ei-ek-ek miew Turkish kokoriko miyav Vietnamese cuc-cu-cu meo meo Eric Winters Marble Dale, Connecticut Odd Couples Here is a list of a few Latin-derived words with their counterparts-element for element-in Greek.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1 1980

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