thau

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See also: tháu, thău, thâu, thấu, thầu, and þau

Eastern Cham[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Chamic *thɔw, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

thau

  1. to know
  2. to understand

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

thau n (indeclinable)

  1. tav, taw (letter)

References[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown origin, only in West Germanic, as it were from Proto-Germanic *þawwaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

thau m

  1. habit, custom

Declension[edit]


Thao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *Cau (person, human being) (compare Tagalog tao). The sense of "pupil (of the eye)" is ultimately from the same root; compare Tagalog balintataw (pupil). Association between "child" and "pupil" is universal linguistically; compare English pupil, Mandarin (tóng, child), (tóng, pupil), and Vietnamese người (person), ngươi (pupil).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

thau

  1. person, human being; in particular, a Thao person
  2. pupil, apple of the eye

Vietnamese[edit]

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vi

Etymology[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: thâu).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cái (“basin”)) thau (𨭡)

  1. brass
  2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a portable, perfectly circular wash basin; compare bồn (wall-affixed basin; counter-affixed sink)

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