prau
See also: práu
English edit
Noun edit
prau (plural praus)
- Alternative form of proa
- 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:
- ... they had collected there, coming from north and south and from the outskirts of the East, after treading the jungle paths, descending the rivers, coasting in praus along the shallows, crossing in small canoes from island to island, passing through suffering, meeting strange sights, beset by strange fears, upheld by one desire.
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Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
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prau
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin prātum. Compare Spanish prado.
Noun edit
prau m (plural praos)
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Chrau edit
Numeral edit
prau
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Javanese parahu.
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prau
Megleno-Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a (South) Slavic prachŭ or Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ. Compare Romanian praf.
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prau n
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly conflated with Aragonese prau, ultimately from Latin pratum. Cognate with Asturian prau.
Noun edit
prau m (plural prai)
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