gau

See also: Gau, GAU, gấu, gâu, and ga'u

English

Alternative forms

• ghau

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

gau (plural gaus)

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

Anagrams

• AGU, Aug, Aug., GUA, UGA, aug

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Basque

Alternative forms

• gai

Etymology

1545; from Proto-Basque *gab-.

Noun

gau

1. night

Derived terms

• gauenara
• gauerdi
• gaur

 

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French

Alternative forms

• gaut, go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

gau m (plural gaux)

1. (slang) louse

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Kalo Finnish Romani

Noun

gau m

1. village

Derived terms

• Bokalo gau
• khangarjako gau
• Pirjako gau

 

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Low German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch gauw (“quickly”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊ̯/

Adjective

gau

1. quick

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Niuean

Verb

gau

1. chew

Derived terms

• gagau

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay.

Adverb

gau

1. quickly; swiftly
2. soon; at once

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Welsh

Etymology 1

Cognate with Cornish gow, Breton gaou.

Adjective

gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf)

1. false, fake

   Synonym: ffals

Derived terms

• euog (“guilty”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gau	au	ngau	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Mutated form of cau (“to close”).

Verb

gau

1. Soft mutation of cau.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz.

Adverb

gau

1. quickly

   Synonym: rap

2. soon

Further reading

• “gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011