thau
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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 ===
原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages][1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 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