danau

See also: dañáu

Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian (compare Malagasy rano).

Noun

danau (first-person possessive danauku, second-person possessive danaumu, third-person possessive danaunya)

1. lake

Synonyms

• telaga
• tasik

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *danaw (compare Indonesian danau), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danaw (compare Cebuano lanaw, Fijian drano, Ilocano danaw, Kapampangan lawa, Malagasy rano (“water”), Rapa Nui rano, Tagalog lawa), from Proto-Austronesian *danaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /danau̯/
• Rhymes: -anau̯, -nau̯, -au̯

Noun

danau

1. lake (body of water)

   Synonyms: telaga, tasik

Descendants

• Indonesian: danau

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Welsh

Noun

danau

1. soft mutation of tanau