gau
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
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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) Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)).
- Kopi Gau ― Strong coffee with sugar and condensed milk
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
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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
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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
Lashi edit
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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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡau̯/, [ɡäu̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡau̯/, [ɡäːu̯]
Noun edit
gau n (indeclinable) (archaic, poetic, hapax)
- Clipping of gaudium (“joy”).
Declension edit
Indeclinable noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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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