ĉaŭ

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and čau

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ĉaŭ

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello; goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello; goodbye”, literally “[I am your] servant”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav; slave”). Doublet of sklavo and slavo. Colloquial use likely reinforced by German servus (“hello; goodbye”), which is used similarly.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaw]
Hyphenation: ĉaŭ

Interjection edit

ĉaŭ

(neologism, informal) ciao; hello, goodbye
Synonyms: saluton (“hello”), adiaŭ (“goodbye”)