pau

See also: Pau

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pau (plural paus)

1. Alternative form of pa (Maori fort)

Etymology 2

From Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).

Adjective

pau (not comparable)

1. (Hawaii) done; over; finished
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)

     I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]

   • 2004, Mike Ashman, ‎Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s

     When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]

Etymology 3

Noun

pau

1. (historical) A unit of volume used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints).

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, PUA, UPA, pua

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'Are'are

Noun

pau

1. head

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpaw]
• Rhymes: -aw

Etymology 1

From a variant of , from Latin pācem, accusative singular of pāx, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Occitan patz, French paix, Spanish paz.

Noun

pau f (plural paus)

1. peace

Derived terms

• fer les paus (“to end a quarrel”)

Related terms

• pacífic
• pacificar
• pagar

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

1. spotted dragonet (a fish of the species )

Synonyms

• aferrapedres m, aferra-roques m

Etymology 3

Uncertain origin. Sometimes ascribed to Paul, but also as a phonetic reduction of *paup, alternating form of palp (“the act of feeling”).

Adjective

pau (feminine pava, masculine plural paus, feminine plural paves)

1. credulous; gullable; rustic

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

1. fool; rube

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ- (“attach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaw/, /ˈpaʊ̯/

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

1. stick
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:

     [Et] poserõ perlos muros beesteyros et arque[yro]s muytos et outros, pera deytar quantos et paos agudos metudos en ferros, en guisa que os que se quisesem chegar ao muro nõ podesem escapar de morte

     And they arranged many crossbowmen and bowmen on the walls, to throw stones and sharp sticks inserted in irons, so as the ones who wanted to came near the wall could not escape the death

   Synonym: vara

2. wood (material)
   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua), page 171:

     Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao

     Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood

   • 1700, Domingo Blanco (ed.),A Poesía popular en Galicia. Vigo: Serais, p. 124:

     Santo San Bras de Viana feito de pau de amieiro

     Saint Saint [sic] Blaise of Viana, carved in alder wood

   Synonyms: fuste, madeira

3. blow

   Synonyms: golpe, pancada

Derived terms

• pau de cego

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “pau” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hawaiian

Verb

1. (stative) finished, done
2. (stative) destroyed

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

pau

1. mango

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Spanish palo, English pole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaw/
• Hyphenation: pau
• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

1. stick
2. wood
3. (slang, vulgar) penis, dick, cock, prick

Derived terms

• paulada
• pau-a-pique
• pau-brasil
• pau-de-arara
• pau-para-toda-obra
• pau-preto

Related terms

• empalar

Descendants

• Swahili: pao, pau

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Swahili

Noun

pau (n class, plural pau)

1. Alternative form of pao

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Welsh

Etymology

From Latin pāgus (“district, province”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɨ̯/
• IPA^(key): /pai̯/

Noun

pau f (plural peuoedd)

1. (archaic) land, nation

Synonyms

• gwlad

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pau	bau	mhau	phau
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 Latin pāvō (“peacock”)

Noun

pau c (plural pauwen, diminutive pauke)

1. peacock

Further reading

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