gau

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Gadaba with u as a placeholder, influenced by Gutob. === Symbol === gau (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kondekor. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Kondekor terms == English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== ghau ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡaʊ/ Rhymes: -aʊ Homophone: Gow ==== Noun ==== gau (plural gaus) (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item. === Etymology 2 === From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao6, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin. ==== Alternative forms ==== gao, kau ==== Pronunciation ==== (Singapore) IPA(key): [k˭aʊ˨] ==== Adjective ==== gau (not comparable) (Singapore, colloquial, of coffee) Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)). Kopi Gau ― Strong coffee with sugar and condensed milk (Singapore, colloquial, more generally, less common) Thick; having a strong or overwhelming flavour. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== gau Alternative form of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”). === Etymology 4 === From German Gau, from Middle High German göu, gou, from Old High German gawi. ==== Noun ==== gau (plural gaus or gaue) District, region. === Anagrams === AGU, Aug, Aug., GUA, UGA, aug == Achang == === Etymology === From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tə-ŋguʔ. === Pronunciation === (Myanmar) /ɡɑu˧/ (Longchuan) [kau³¹] (Luxi) [kʰjau⁵¹] (Xiandao) [kau³¹] === Numeral === gau nine === Further reading === Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[4], Payap University, page 33 == Basque == === Alternative forms === gai (Soule, Roncalese) gabe (Biscayan) === Etymology === Unknown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡau̯/ [ɡau̯] Rhymes: -au̯ Hyphenation: gau === Noun === gau inan night ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Gascon: gaüs, gahús, guèhus, guehús, cahús, caüs, gohús == French == === Alternative forms === gaut, go === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡo/ Rhymes: -o === Noun === gau m (plural gaux) (slang) louse == Kalo Finnish Romani == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡɑu] === Noun === gau m (nominative plural gaave) village === References === === Further reading === Kimmo Granqvist (2011), “Eräitä keskeisiä äännevaihteluja”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[5] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved 10 February 2022, page 12 == Latin == === Etymology === 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡau̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡaːu̯] === Noun === gau n (indeclinable) (archaic, poetic, hapax legomenon) clipping of gaudium (“joy”) c. 310 CE – c. 395 CE, Ausonius, Technopaegnion 144: Ennius ut memorat, repleat te laetificum gau. As Ennius says, may gladdening joy fill you. ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun. ==== References ==== “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 == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch gauw (“quickly”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaʊ̯/ === Adjective === gau quick == Niuean == === Verb === gau chew ==== Derived terms ==== gagau == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse gauð. === Noun === gau n (definite singular gauet, indefinite plural gau, definite plural gaua) a bark (collective) barking noise ==== Derived terms ==== gaua, gaue (verb) === References === “gau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === aug, aug., uga == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣaːu̯/ Hyphenation: gau Rhymes: -aːu̯ === Adverb === gau quickly; swiftly soon; at once == Welsh == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɨ̯ === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf) false, fake Synonyms: ffals, ffugiol, celwyddog ===== Derived terms ===== euog (“guilty”) gau dduw (“false god”) geuberllys (“fool's parsley”) geudeb (“falsehood”) geudy (“toilet, privy”) ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === Mutated form of cau (“to close”). ==== Verb ==== gau soft mutation of cau ==== Mutation ==== === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin 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 == === Etymology === From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. === Adverb === gau quickly Synonym: rap soon ==== Further reading ==== “gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011