cau

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See also: câu, cầu, cấu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Translingual

Symbol

cau

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

Asturian

Noun

cau m (plural caos)

  1. Alternative spelling of cabu

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cau m (plural caus)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cau

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

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English caution.

Pronunciation

Verb

cau

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

Derived terms

References

Kanakanabu

Etymology

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

Noun

cau

  1. person

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cavus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. hollow

Sundanese

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuuʔ (wild banana). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cau (Sundanese script ᮎᮅ)

  1. banana

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kaw.

Noun

(classifier cây, trái) cau (, , , , )

  1. areca
    Synonym: nang
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

cau (, , 󰎹)

  1. to frown
Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

cau (first-person singular present caeaf)

  1. (ambitransitive) to close, shut
  2. (transitive) to fasten
  3. (intransitive) to heal, to close
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future caeaf caei cae caewn caewch caeant caeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
caewn caeit caeai caeem caeech caeent caeid
preterite caeais caeaist caeodd caeasom caeasoch caeasant caewyd
pluperfect caeaswn caeasit caeasai caeasem caeasech caeasent caeasid, caeesid
present subjunctive caewyf caeych caeo caeom caeoch caeont caeer
imperative cau, caea caeed caewn caewch caeent caeer
verbal noun cau
verbal adjectives caeedig
caeadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future caea i,
caeaf i
caei di caeith o/e/hi,
caeiff e/hi
caewn ni caewch chi caean nhw
conditional caewn i,
caeswn i
caeet ti,
caeset ti
caeai fo/fe/hi,
caesai fo/fe/hi
caeen ni,
caesen ni
caeech chi,
caesech chi
caeen nhw,
caesen nhw
preterite caeais i,
caees i
caeaist ti,
caeest ti
caeodd o/e/hi caeon ni caeoch chi caeon nhw
imperative caea caewch
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • cae (enclosure, field)
  • caer (castle, hold)

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cau
radical soft nasal aspirate
cau gau nghau chau

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies