fau

See also: fa'u

Translingual

Symbol

fau

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fáu/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸáu]

Ideophone

fau

1. (of a thing or action) extreme

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pfau. Doublet of paw, a form borrowed from Polish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.u/
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: fa‧u

Noun

fau m animal

1. synonym of paw

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “paw”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Middle English

Noun

fau

1. alternative form of fou

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fau (“beech”), from Latin fagus.

Noun

fau m (plural faus)

1. (Jersey) beech tree

Old French

Alternative forms

• fou

Etymology

From Latin fagus.

Noun

fau

1. beech

Descendants

• Franc-Comtois: fô
• Gallo: faeu
• Norman: fau (Jersey)

Rotuman

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *taqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

fau

1. year

References

• Churchward, C.M. (1940), “fau”, in Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary, Sydney: Methodist Church of Australasia, page 275

Samoan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *fau, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Cognate with Malay baru and Hawaiian hau.

Noun

fau

1. cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)