wau

See also: Wau, wa'u, and wau'

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû).

Noun

wau (plural waus)

1. digamma.

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet
• Archaic Greek alphabet:

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Anagrams

• UAW

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Anjam

Noun

wau

1. garden

References

• Robert Rucker, Anjam Organised Phonology Data (2000), p. 2

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Interjection

wau

1. woof (sound of a dog)

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Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

Noun

wau m

1. Arabic letter waw

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

wau

1. Alternative form of au

See also

Hawaiian personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au, wau	māua (exclusive) kāua (inclusive)	mākou (exclusive) kākou (inclusive)
2nd person	ʻoe	ʻolua	ʻoukou
3rd person	ia, ʻo ia	lāua	lākou

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Thai ว่าว (wâao)

Noun

wau (first-person possessive wauku, second-person possessive waumu, third-person possessive waunya)

1. kite (flying toy on string)

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Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi): wau
ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦥ꧀ (krama andhap): mau

Adverb

wau (Kawi)

1. just now; a moment ago

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Malay

Etymology

From Thai ว่าว (wâao)

Noun

wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)

1. kite (flying toy on string)

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Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oʻahu or Oahu, from Hawaiian Oʻahu, named because the missionaries who introduced the Mother Hubbard dress to the Marshall Islands came from Oʻahu.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɑːu], (enunciated) [wɑ wu]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wæɰwiw/
• Bender phonemes: {wahwiw}

Noun

wau

1. a Mother Hubbard dress

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Middle English

Noun

wau

1. Alternative form of wawe