cau
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).
Noun
cau m (plural caus)
- den; burrow; lair
- (by extension) hiding place
- (figuratively) sty; hovel
Related terms
Etymology 2
From the verb caure (“to fall”).
Verb
cau
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Kanakanabu
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognates with Tagalog tao, Cebuano tawo.
Noun
cau
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *kaw.
Noun
Etymology 2
Verb
cau
- to frown
Derived terms
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan [script needed] (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).
Verb
cau (first-person singular present caeaf)
- (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut
- (transitive) to fasten
- (intransitive) to heal, to close
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | caeaf | caei | cae | caewn | caewch | caeant | caeir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
caewn | caeit | caeai | caeem | caeech | caeent | caeid | |
preterite | caeais | caeaist | caeodd | caeasom | caeasoch | caeasant | caewyd | |
pluperfect | caeaswn | caeasit | caeasai | caeasem | caeasech | caeasent | caeasid, caeesid | |
present subjunctive | caewyf | caeych | caeo | caeom | caeoch | caeont | caeer | |
imperative | — | cau, caea | caeed | caewn | caewch | caeent | caeer | |
verbal noun | cau | |||||||
verbal adjectives | caeedig caeadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | caea i, caeaf i | caei di | caeith o/e/hi, caeiff e/hi | caewn ni | caewch chi | caean nhw |
conditional | caewn i, caeswn i | caeet ti, caeset ti | caeai fo/fe/hi, caesai fo/fe/hi | caeen ni, caesen ni | caeech chi, caesech chi | caeen nhw, caesen nhw |
preterite | caeais i, caees i | caeaist ti, caeest ti | caeodd o/e/hi | caeon ni | caeoch chi | caeon nhw |
imperative | — | caea | — | — | caewch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ar gau (“closed, shut”)
- cau am (“to enclose, to encircle”)
- cau ceg (“to keep quiet”)
- cau llygaid ar (“to turn a blind eye”)
Related terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Cornish kow, Breton kev.
Adjective
cau (feminine singular cau, plural cau, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)
Antonyms
- solet (“solid”)
Related terms
- ceudod (“hollow”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cau | gau | nghau | chau |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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