vau

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See also: Vau, va'u, and väü

English

Noun

vau (plural vaus)

  1. Alternative spelling of vav

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

Verb

vau

  1. (auxiliary, with infinitive) second-person plural present indicative of anar

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English wow. Probably originally slang; used at least since the 1970s.

Interjection

vau (informal)

  1. wow
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

vau

  1. (often repeated) Synonym of hau (“bark, woof”)

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

Interjection

vau

  1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

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Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew וָו (waw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaw/
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: vàu

Noun

vau m or f (invariable)

  1. waw, specifically:
    1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
    2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter ו

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Latvian

Etymology

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

vau

  1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)
    vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza ― woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: vau

Noun

vau m (plural vaus)

  1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)
  2. shoal

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References

  1. ^ “vau” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “vau” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Tahitian

Pronoun

vau

  1. I, me

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Tahitian personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person au, vau māua (exclusive)
tāua (inclusive) 		mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person ʻoe ʻōrua ʻoutou
3rd person ʻoia, ʻona rāua rātou
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