vao

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Translingual

Symbol

vao

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vao.

See also

Estonian

Noun

vao

  1. genitive singular of vagu

Galician

O Vao isthmus connects O Grove to the mainland.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (ford), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford
  2. sandbar
  3. (anatomy) flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)
    Synonyms: illar, illarga
  4. (nautical) space in between two ribs

Derived terms

References

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

vao

  1. new (recently made or created), novel
Focus (Voice)
Agent
(Active)
man-form: manavao
mi-form: --
om-form: --
Patient
(Passive)
vaozina
alternate: havaozina
a-form: --
voa-form: --
tafa-form: --
Goal
(Relative)
an-form: avaozana
i-form: --

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford; shallow (part of a river shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: vao
  • Portuguese: vau

Further reading

Zou

Noun

vao

  1. thread

References