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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gau (plural gaus)
- (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.
Etymology 2[edit]
From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao6, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Singapore) IPA(key): [kaʊ˨]
- The [k] is unaspirated.
Adjective[edit]
gau (not comparable)
- (Singapore, colloquial, of coffee) The template Template:cap does not use the parameter(s):
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Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
gau
- Alternative form of jow (“pre-metric unit of length in India”)
Anagrams[edit]
Basque[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
gau inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of gau (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gau | gaua | gauak |
| ergative | gauk | gauak | gauek |
| dative | gauri | gauari | gauei |
| genitive | gauren | gauaren | gauen |
| comitative | gaurekin | gauarekin | gauekin |
| causative | gaurengatik | gauarengatik | gauengatik |
| benefactive | gaurentzat | gauarentzat | gauentzat |
| instrumental | gauez | gauaz | gauez |
| inessive | gautan | gauean | gauetan |
| locative | gautako | gaueko | gauetako |
| allative | gautara | gauera | gauetara |
| terminative | gautaraino | gaueraino | gauetaraino |
| directive | gautarantz | gauerantz | gauetarantz |
| destinative | gautarako | gauerako | gauetarako |
| ablative | gautatik | gauetik | gauetatik |
| partitive | gaurik | — | — |
| prolative | gautzat | — | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gau m (plural gaux)
Kalo Finnish Romani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gau m (nominative plural gaave)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kimmo Granqvist (2002) “Finnish Romani Phonology and Dialect Geography”, in SKY Journal of Linguistics[1], volume 15, Linguistic Association of Finland, archived from the original on January 28, 2022, pages 61-83
- ^ Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Diftongit ja vokaaliyhtymät”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani][2] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 10, 2022, page 5
Further reading[edit]
- Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Eräitä keskeisiä äännevaihteluja”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani][3] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 10, 2022, page 12
Lashi[edit]
| < 8 | 9 | 10 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : gau | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognates include Nuosu ꈬ (ggu) and Burmese ကိုး (kui:).
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
gau
References[edit]
- Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Poetic clipping of gaudium. Attributed to Ennius (circa 200 BCE) by the poet Ausonius in his catalogue of monosyllabic Latin words, never attested directly.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gau n (indeclinable) (archaic, poetic, hapax)
- Clipping of gaudium (“joy”).
Declension[edit]
Indeclinable noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gau | gau |
| Genitive | gau | gau |
| Dative | gau | gau |
| Accusative | gau | gau |
| Ablative | gau | gau |
| Vocative | gau | gau |
References[edit]
- “gau”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “gau” in volume 6, part 2, column 1701, line 34 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch gauw (“quickly”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gau
Niuean[edit]
Verb[edit]
gau
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gau n (definite singular gauet, indefinite plural gau, definite plural gaua)
- a bark
- (collective) barking
- noise
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “gau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Saterland Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
gau
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *gāwā- (“falsehood, lie”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeH₂u- (“to be faulty, at fault, lacking”). Cognate with Cornish gow, Breton gaou; outside of Celtic, compare Latin haud (“scarcely, hardly”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎 (gau, “to commit a sin; to promote”).
Adjective[edit]
gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf)
Derived terms[edit]
- euog (“guilty”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gau | au | ngau | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Etymology 2[edit]
Mutated form of cau (“to close”).
Verb[edit]
gau
- Soft mutation of cau.
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cau | gau | nghau | chau |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz.
Adverb[edit]
gau
Further reading[edit]
- “gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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