cau

cau

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Caucasian languages.

cau m (plural caos)

1. Alternative spelling of cabu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)
• Rhymes: -aw

Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

cau m (plural caus)

1. den; burrow; lair
2. (by extension) hiding place
3. (figuratively) sty; hovel

• a cau d'orella

• cavar
• cavitat
• còncau
• excavar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cau

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

From clipping of English caution.

cau

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to caution (especially in a legal process)

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

From Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognates with Tagalog tao, Cebuano tawo.

cau

1. person

From Latin cavus.

• Audio (Gascony):

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cau m (feminine singular cava, masculine plural caus, feminine plural cavas)

1. hollow

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

From Proto-Vietic *kaw.

(classifier cây, trái) cau • (榚, 槁, 槔, 橰, 𥢐)

1. areca

   Synonym: nang

cau • (皋, 皐, 󰎹)

1. to frown

From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).

• caeu (obsolete)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

cau (first-person singular present caeaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut
2. (transitive) to fasten
3. (intransitive) to heal, to close

• agor

• ar gau (“closed, shut”)
• cau am (“to enclose, to encircle”)
• cau ceg (“to keep quiet”)
• cau llygaid ar (“to turn a blind eye”)
• dyddiad cau (“closing date”)

• cae (“enclosure, field”)
• caer (“castle, hold”)

From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus.

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaɨ̯/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kɔi̯/

cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)

1. hollow, empty, sunken
2. (figuratively) false, deceitful
3. enclosing; shut, closed

• solet (“solid”)