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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû). Doublet of vav and waw.
Noun
wau (plural waus)
- Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).
See also
Anagrams
Anjam
Noun
wau
- garden
References
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû). Doublet of waw.
Pronunciation
Noun
wau n (plural waus, diminutive wautje n)
- wau (archaic Greek letter)
- Synonym: digamma
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Interjection
wau
- woof (sound of a dog)
- Synonym: wuff
Derived terms
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic وَاو (wāw).
Pronunciation
Noun
wau f (possessed form wan)
- waw (letter of the Arabic alphabet)
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwau̯/, , (rapid speech)
Pronoun
wau
- Alternative form of au
See also
Hawaiian personal pronouns
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay wau, from Classical Malay واو (wau), from Thai ว่าว (wâao).
Noun
wau (plural wau-wau, first-person possessive wauku, second-person possessive waumu, third-person possessive waunya)
- kite (flying toy on string)
- Synonym: layang-layang
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
wau
- Romanization of ꦮꦲꦸ
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Pattani Malay وا (wa).
Noun
wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)
- kite (flying toy on string)
- Hypernym: layang-layang
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Arabic وَاو (wāw).
Noun
wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)
- The name of the twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و
- The name of the thirtieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in Arabic script: و
Further reading
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Oʻahu or Oahu, from Hawaiian Oʻahu, named because the missionaries who introduced the Mother Hubbard dress to the Marshall Islands came from Oʻahu.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wæɰwiw/
- Bender phonemes: {wahwiw}
Noun
wau
- a Mother Hubbard dress
References
Middle English
Noun
wau
- Alternative form of wawe
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew וו.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwau/
- Rhymes: -au
- Syllabification: wau
Noun
wau m (plural waus)
- the sound /w/ (labiovelar approximant) or /u̯/ (non-syllabic /u/)
Further reading