sau

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See also: Sau, SAU, sáu, sâu, său, s-au, sau-, and sầu

Dibiyaso

Noun

sau

  1. man

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing:
    • Daniel Shaw, The Bosavi language family (1986), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 24 (45-76), Pacific linguistics A-70
    • G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
    • and Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973)
  • Bainapi wordlist, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University), issue 24 (1990)

Fiji Hindi

Numeral

sau

  1. hundred

References

  • Fiji Hindi Dictionary
  • Moag, Rodney F. (1977) Fiji Hindi: A basic course and reference grammar, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, page 55

Gothic

Romanization

sau

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

sau m (plural sāwā̀yē, possessed form san)

  1. foot
  2. footprint, trace
  3. time
  4. trip (travel)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

sàu m (possessed form sàn)

  1. times (multiplication)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

sau

  1. Clipping of sàkā (“release”) (used before an object).

Japanese

Romanization

sau

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さう

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr.

Noun

sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer, definite plural sauene)

  1. a sheep
  2. fool, moron, idiot
    Se på den sauen! ― Look at that idiot!

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialects

Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr.

Pronunciation

Noun

sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer or sauar, definite plural sauene or sauane)

  1. a sheep
    1. (uncountable) mutton
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) fool, moron, idiot
    Sjå på den sauen! ― Look at that idiot!

Derived terms

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Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin seu, a form of sīve, and perhaps influenced by Latin aut (Romanian au).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

sau

  1. or
    Synonym: ori

Samoan

Noun

sau

  1. fantail

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

sau

  1. (transitive) to gnaw
  2. (transitive) to bite
Conjugation
Conjugation of sau
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosau fosau misau
2nd nosau nisau
3rd Masculine osau isau, yosau†
Feminine mosau
Neuter isau
† - archaic

Etymology 2

From Malay sahur, from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr).

Pronunciation

Noun

sau

  1. (Islam) the suhur

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *krawʔ. Cognate with Muong khau, Mon တြဴ.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 牢 (MC law) (modern SV: lao) and 娄, alternative form 婁 (MC luw) (modern SV: lâu).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sau • (婁, 差, 牢, 𡢐, 𢖕, 𢖖, 𨍦)

  1. rear, hind, back
    hai chân sau của con chó ― two hind legs of a dog
  2. next, subsequent
    Lần sau đi cửa trước.
    Next time, use the front door.

Antonyms

Adverb

sau • (婁, 差, 牢, 𡢐, 𢖕, 𢖖, 𨍦)

  1. later
  2. afterwards

Antonyms

Preposition

sau

  1. behind
    Sau nhà có vườn.
    Behind the house is a garden.
  2. after

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Western Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔasɔw, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu. Cognate with Eastern Cham asau.

Pronunciation

Noun

sau

  1. dog (animal)

Yola

Verb

sau

  1. Alternative form of zee (“to see”)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *sawiʔ.

Noun

sau

  1. rain

Derived terms

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 71

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *saːwᴬ (“unmarried woman”). Cognate with Thai สาว (sǎao), Lao ສາວ (sāo), Lü ᦉᦱᧁ (ṡaaw), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥝᥲ (sàaw), Shan သၢဝ် (sǎao), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw), 𑜏𑜨𑜧 (sow), 𑜏𑜧𑜤 (sawu), 𑜏𑜧𑜈𑜫 (saww), or 𑜏𑜦𑜡 (sō).

Pronunciation

Noun

sau (Sawndip forms 娋 or 㜖 or 𡠻 or 俏 or 𫰴, 1957–1982 spelling sau)

  1. girl; young woman
  2. girlfriend

Adjective

sau (1957–1982 spelling sau)

  1. beautiful; pretty; attractive
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