vau

See also: Vau, va'u, and väü

English

Noun

vau (plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav

Anagrams

• AUV, UAV, UVA, uva

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Catalan

Verb

vau

1. (auxiliary verb, taking an infinitive)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑu̯/, [ˈʋɑ̝u̯]

Interjection

vau

1. wow!

See also

• vautsi

Anagrams

• avu

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

vau

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

See also

• ugat

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Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew וָו (waw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vau̯/, [väu̯]
• Hyphenation: vàu

Noun

vau m or f (uncountable)

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

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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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/

Noun

vau m (plural s)

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
• vadoso

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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