vau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vau"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Vanuma.

Symbol

vau

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Vanuma terms

English

Noun

vau (plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav.

Anagrams

• AUV, Uva, UAV, UV-A, UVA, UV A, uva

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vàreu

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vau

1. (auxiliary, with infinitive) second-person plural present indicative of anar used to form periphrastic past

   Vau arribar tard. ― You arrived late.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑu̯/, [ˈʋɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑu
• Syllabification^(key): vau
• Hyphenation^(key): vau

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English wow. Probably originally slang; used at least since the 1970s.

Interjection

vau (informal)

1. wow

Derived terms

• vautsi

See also

• vautsi

Further reading

• “vau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

vau

1. (often repeated) synonym of hau (“bark, woof”)

Anagrams

• avu

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

vau m (plural vaux)

1. A temporary structure used for building arches.

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒu]
• Hyphenation: vau
• Rhymes: -u

Interjection

vau

1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

See also

• ugat

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew וָו (waw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/
• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: vàu

Noun

vau m or f (invariable)

1. waw, specifically:
   1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
   2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter ו

Anagrams

• uva

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwau̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaːu̯]

Noun

vau n (indeclinable)

1. wau; digamma (Ϝ)

References

• “vau”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Etymology

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

Interjection

vau

1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

   vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza ― woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/ [ˈvaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: vau

Noun

vau m (plural vaus)

1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)
2. shoal

Synonyms

• (shoal, sandbank): parcel, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte

Related terms

• vadear
• vadeoso
• vadoso

Further reading

• “vau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Tahitian

Pronoun

vau

1. I, me

See also

Tahitian personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			au, vau	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			ʻoe	ʻōrua	ʻoutou
3rd person			ʻoia, ʻona	rāua	rātou