thau

== Eastern Cham == === Etymology === From Proto-Chamic *thɔw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰaʊ/ === Verb === thau (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨔꨮꨭ) to know to understand === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Caqu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Latin == === Noun === thau n (indeclinable) tav, taw (letter) === References === "thau", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Mizo == === Etymology === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thaaw (“fat”). === Adjective === thau fat, chubby === Noun === thau fat grease === Further reading === Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thau”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society == Old Saxon == === Etymology === Unknown origin, only in West Germanic, as it were from Proto-Germanic *þawwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈθɑ.u] (late Old Saxon) IPA(key): [ˈðɑ.u] === Noun === thau m habit, custom ==== Declension ==== == Thao == === Etymology === From Proto-Austronesian *Cau (“person, human being”) (compare Tagalog tao). The sense of "pupil (of the eye)" is ultimately from the same root; compare Tagalog balintataw (“pupil”). Association between "child" and "pupil" is universal linguistically; compare English pupil, Mandarin 童 (tóng, “child”), 瞳 (tóng, “pupil”), and Vietnamese người (“person”), ngươi (“pupil”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθau/ === Noun === thau person, human being; in particular, a Thao person pupil, apple of the eye === References === “thau”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎[1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026 == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鍮 (SV: thâu). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaw˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaw˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰa(ː)w˧˧] === Noun === (classifier cái, chiếc (“basin”)) thau • (𨭡) brass portable, circular wash basin, often made from metallic materials ==== Derived terms ==== đồng thau === Anagrams === thua == Zou == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thaaw. Cognate with Mizo thàu. ==== Pronunciation 1 ==== IPA(key): [tʰʌ̀u̯] Hyphenation: thau ===== Noun ===== thàu fat (body fat) obesity, fatness ==== Pronunciation 2 ==== IPA(key): [tʰâːu̯] Hyphenation: thau ===== Noun ===== thȁu oil ====== Derived terms ====== ==== Pronunciation 3 ==== IPA(key): [tʰāːu̯] Hyphenation: thau ===== Verb ===== thâu (stem II thȁu) (stative) to be fat; to be obese === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [tʰʌ̀u̯] Hyphenation: thau ==== Noun ==== thàu gun === References === Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 22; 44; 52; 157 Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 96