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hau

See also: Hau, háu, hàu, hầu, hậu, ha'u, hău, and -hau

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

hau

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hausa.

'Are'are edit

Noun edit

hau

  1. stone

References edit

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hau̯/ [hau̯]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /au̯/ [au̯]
  • Rhymes: -au̯
  • Hyphenation: hau

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Basque *(h)aur. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)on-.

Determiner edit

hau (demonstrative)

  1. this
Declension edit
Declension of Basque demonstrative determiners/pronouns
Common pronouns
hau hori hura
singular plural singular plural singular plural
absolutive hau hauek hori horiek hura haiek
ergative honek horrek hark
dative honi hauei horri horiei hari haiei
genitive honen hauen horren horien haren haien
comitative honekin hauekin horrekin horiekin harekin haiekin
causative honegatik, honengatik hauegatik, hauengatik horregatik, horrengatik horiegatik, horiengatik haregatik, harengatik, hargatik haiegatik, haiengatik
benefactive honentzat, honendako hauentzat, hauendako horrentzat, horrendako horientzat, horiendako harentzat, harendako haientzat, haiendako
instrumental honetaz, honezaz, honez1 hauetaz, hauezaz, hauez1 horretaz, horrezaz, horrez1 horietaz, horiezaz, horiez1 hartaz, harez1 haietaz, haiezaz, haiez1
inessive animate honengan, honen baitan hauengan, hauen baitan horrengan, horren baitan horiengan, horien baitan harengan, haren baitan haiengan, haien baitan
inanimate honetan hauetan horretan horietan hartan haietan
locative animate
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―
―
―
―
―
inanimate honetako hauetako horretako horietako hartako haietako
allative animate honengana, honenganat hauengana, hauenganat horrengana, horrenganat horiengana, horienganat harengana, harenganat,
haren baitara, haren baitarat 		haiengana, haienganat,
haien baitara, haien baitarat
inanimate honetara, honetarat hauetara, hauetarat horretara, horretarat horietara, horietarat hartara, hartarat haietara, haietarat
terminative animate honenganaino hauenganaino horrenganaino horienganaino harenganaino, haren baitaraino haienganaino, haien baitaraino
inanimate honetaraino hauetaraino horretaraino horietaraino hartaraino haietaraino
directive animate honenganantz hauenganantz horrenganantz horienganantz harenganantz haienganantz
inanimate honetarantz hauetarantz horretarantz horietarantz hartarantz haietarantz
destinative animate honenganako hauenganako horrenganako horienganako harenganako haienganako
inanimate honeterako hauetarako horretarako horietarako hartarako haietarako
ablative animate honenganik, honengandik hauenganik, hauengandik horrenganik, horrengandik horienganik, horiengandik harenganik, harengandik,
haren baitatik, haren baitarik 		haienganik, haiengandik,
haien baitatik, haien baitarik
inanimate honetatik, honetarik hauetatik, hauetarik horretatik, horretarik horietatik, horietarik hartatik, hartarik haietatik, haietarik
Emphatic pronouns
absolutive hauxe hauexek horixe horiexek huraxe haiexek
ergative honexek horrexek harexek
dative honixe, honexeri haueixe, hauexei horrixe, horrexeri horieixe, horiexei harixe, harexeri haieixe, haiexei
genitive honexen, honetxen hauexen horrexen, horretxen horiexen harexen, haretxen haiexen
comitative honexekin, honetxekin hauexekin horrexekin, horretxekin horiexekin harexekin, haretxekin haiexekin
1 Only used in certain expressions.

Pronoun edit

hau (demonstrative)

  1. this one
Declension edit
Declension of Basque demonstrative determiners/pronouns
Common pronouns
hau hori hura
singular plural singular plural singular plural
absolutive hau hauek hori horiek hura haiek
ergative honek horrek hark
dative honi hauei horri horiei hari haiei
genitive honen hauen horren horien haren haien
comitative honekin hauekin horrekin horiekin harekin haiekin
causative honegatik, honengatik hauegatik, hauengatik horregatik, horrengatik horiegatik, horiengatik haregatik, harengatik, hargatik haiegatik, haiengatik
benefactive honentzat, honendako hauentzat, hauendako horrentzat, horrendako horientzat, horiendako harentzat, harendako haientzat, haiendako
instrumental honetaz, honezaz, honez1 hauetaz, hauezaz, hauez1 horretaz, horrezaz, horrez1 horietaz, horiezaz, horiez1 hartaz, harez1 haietaz, haiezaz, haiez1
inessive animate honengan, honen baitan hauengan, hauen baitan horrengan, horren baitan horiengan, horien baitan harengan, haren baitan haiengan, haien baitan
inanimate honetan hauetan horretan horietan hartan haietan
locative animate
―
―
―
―
―
―
inanimate honetako hauetako horretako horietako hartako haietako
allative animate honengana, honenganat hauengana, hauenganat horrengana, horrenganat horiengana, horienganat harengana, harenganat,
haren baitara, haren baitarat 		haiengana, haienganat,
haien baitara, haien baitarat
inanimate honetara, honetarat hauetara, hauetarat horretara, horretarat horietara, horietarat hartara, hartarat haietara, haietarat
terminative animate honenganaino hauenganaino horrenganaino horienganaino harenganaino, haren baitaraino haienganaino, haien baitaraino
inanimate honetaraino hauetaraino horretaraino horietaraino hartaraino haietaraino
directive animate honenganantz hauenganantz horrenganantz horienganantz harenganantz haienganantz
inanimate honetarantz hauetarantz horretarantz horietarantz hartarantz haietarantz
destinative animate honenganako hauenganako horrenganako horienganako harenganako haienganako
inanimate honeterako hauetarako horretarako horietarako hartarako haietarako
ablative animate honenganik, honengandik hauenganik, hauengandik horrenganik, horrengandik horienganik, horiengandik harenganik, harengandik,
haren baitatik, haren baitarik 		haienganik, haiengandik,
haien baitatik, haien baitarik
inanimate honetatik, honetarik hauetatik, hauetarik horretatik, horretarik horietatik, horietarik hartatik, hartarik haietatik, haietarik
Emphatic pronouns
absolutive hauxe hauexek horixe horiexek huraxe haiexek
ergative honexek horrexek harexek
dative honixe, honexeri haueixe, hauexei horrixe, horrexeri horieixe, horiexei harixe, harexeri haieixe, haiexei
genitive honexen, honetxen hauexen horrexen, horretxen horiexen harexen, haretxen haiexen
comitative honexekin, honetxekin hauexekin horrexekin, horretxekin horiexekin harexekin, haretxekin haiexekin
1 Only used in certain expressions.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

hau

  1. Third-person singular (hark), taking informal second-person singular (hi) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.
Usage notes edit

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Further reading edit

  • "hau" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “hau” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan edit

Verb edit

hau

  1. inflection of haver:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of heure:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German houwe, from Old High German houwa, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwǭ, from *hawwaną (“to hew, chop; to forge”). Cognate with German Haue.

Noun edit

hau f (plural haung)

  1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) spade, shovel

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
  • “hau” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑu̯/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu
  • Syllabification(key): hau

Interjection edit

hau

  1. arf, bark, woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

See also edit

Further reading edit

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio(file)

Verb edit

hau

  1. singular imperative of hauen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hauen

Hausa edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hâu m (possessed form hâun)

  1. misfortune, being bewitched

Hawaiian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhau̯/, [ˈhɐw], [ˈhɔw] (rapid speech)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *sau.

Noun edit

hau

  1. cool/cold, dew, ice, snow
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *fau, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

 
sea hibiscus, Talipariti tiliaceum

Noun edit

hau

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

hau

  1. to strike
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

hau

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はう

Kumzari edit

Noun edit

hau

  1. water

References edit

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Lashi edit

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

hau

  1. that

References edit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adverb edit

hau (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of haud

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Interjection edit

hau

  1. Expressing pain or grief; oh! ah! ow! ouch!!

References edit

  • “hau”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hau”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lokono edit

Noun edit

hau

  1. sloth

References edit

  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 23, 258

Maori edit

Noun edit

hau

  1. essence
  2. ceremonial offering of food to an atua
  3. a present given in return for another gift
  4. wind, breeze, breath
  5. air
  6. excess
  7. external angle, corner, obtuse angle

Verb edit

hau

  1. to be heard
  2. to spread news
  3. to exceed

Adjective edit

hau

  1. famous

Derived terms edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • “hau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

Interjection edit

hau!

  1. used to express fear, rejection, and so on
  2. used to express optimism

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

hau m

  1. eye dialect spelling of haug

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

hau n (definite singular hauet, indefinite plural hau, definite plural haua)

  1. (dialectal) alternative spelling of haud (“head”)
    • 1978, Dagmar Blix, Vanja, Trondheim: Rune, page 24:
      Men det såg ut som han hadde fått eit hardt slag på sia av hauet.
      But it looked as though he had taken a hard blow on the side of his head.
    • 1979, Edvard Hoem, Der storbåra bryt, Oslo: Det norske samlaget, page 18:
      "Då hadde du vore eit hau kortare, far."
      "Then you'd be a head shorter, father."

References edit

Nùng edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Thai เรา (rao), Lao ເຮົາ (hao).

Pronoun edit

hau

  1. we, us

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hau

  1. woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

Further reading edit

  • hau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rapa Nui edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.u/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧u

Noun edit

hau

  1. string, cord

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 183
  • “hau”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[4], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hau!

  1. woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

See also edit

Toba Batak edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun edit

hau

  1. tree
  2. wood

References edit

  • Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 89.

Tokelauan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʲa.u]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧u

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *saqu. Cognates include Tuvaluan sau and Samoan sau.

Verb edit

hau (plural ōmai or ōmamai)

  1. (intransitive) to come
  2. (intransitive, + mai) to come from
    E hau au mai Tokelau. ― I'm from Tokelau.

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-qa-u.

Determiner edit

hau

  1. (alienable, indefinite) thy, your
See also edit
Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1 		to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1 		o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1 		ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1 		a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1 		ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1 		ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 3 edit

 
Te hau (3).

From Proto-Polynesian *sau. Cognates include Hawaiian hau and Samoan sau.

Noun edit

hau

  1. dew

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 289

Uab Meto edit

Noun edit

hau (plural haukin)

  1. plant (organism capable of photosynthesis)

Synonyms edit

  • (a tree or plant which lives): hau’amoni; hau’amoni sin, hau’amoên sin pl
  • (the living tree or plant): hauhônês; hauhônês sin -> hauhôênsin, hauhôên kin pl

Uneapa edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *yau < *iau, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

hau

  1. I

Further reading edit

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Hmong *hu̯eiᶜ (“to boil (transitive)”).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps related to npau (“to boil (transitive)”) somehow, via morphologically-induced consonantal changes?”

Verb edit

hau

  1. to boil (something in water or in liquid)
    hau zaub ― to boil vegetables

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *S-phreiX (“head”).[1]

Noun edit

hau (classifier: lub)

  1. the head
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

hau (classifier: tus)

  1. leader, head person
Derived terms edit
  • hau rog (“the leader of the group that circles the house in mock battle at a funeral”)
  • hau zos (“the headman of a village”)

Etymology 3 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Semantic shift from Etymology 2, or some other origin? Is this perhaps a Sinitic borrowing? Looks vaguely like 被 (bèi) or 蓋／盖 (gài).”

Noun edit

hau (classifier: lub)

  1. a lid, a cover

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 49-50.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 274.

Zhuang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *xaːwᴬ (“white”). Cognate with Thai ขาว (kǎao), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຂາວ (khāo), Lü ᦃᦱᧁ (ẋaaw), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ် (khǎao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥝᥴ (xáaw), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw) or 𑜁𑜧𑜨 (khawo), Bouyei haaul, Saek ห่าว.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hau (1957–1982 spelling hau)

  1. white
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