Me-ow

I would like to submit my thought about the following etymological definition:

meow

1873, earlier miaow, also miau, meaw (both 1630s). Of imitative origin, cf. Fr. miaou, Ger. miauen, Pers. maw, Japanese nya nya, Arabic nau-nau. In Chinese, miau means "cat."

 

 

Dictionary definitions:

me-refers to the speaker or writer

ow-interjection used especially in response to sudden pain.

 

They tried to warn us, but we keep around these furry little creatures whose sound creation patterns should alert us to their uninhibited ability to cause us pain. They're not at fault, they're just made that way ;)