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Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *pʰruːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁praw; cognate with Vietnamese sáu.
Pronunciation
Numeral
parau
- six
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay parau, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀaw (“hoarse”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
parau
- hoarse.
- Synonyms: garau, serak
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *paʀaw (“hoarse”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
parau (Jawi spelling ڤاراو)
- hoarse (of a voice)
- Synonyms: serak, garau, garuk
- Suara parau ― Hoarse voice
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *palau (“to boast, brag”)[1] from Proto-Polynesian *lau₂ (“to count, to recite, to read”).[2] Sense of paper likely a contraction of ʻapi parau (“page ”, literally “fold of speech”).
Noun
parau
- word, speech, tongue
- paper
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “palau”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lau.2a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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