pao

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Japanese

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Romanization

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pao

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パオ

Karao

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Noun

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pao

  1. edible type of fern found near water

Mandarin

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pao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pāo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of páo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of pǎo.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of pào.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin pālum, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pao m (plural paos)

    1. stick, stake

    Descendants

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    • Galician: pau
    • Portuguese: pau (see there for further descendants)

    Portuguese

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    Noun

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    pao m (plural paos)

    1. Obsolete spelling of pau.

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Participle

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    pao (Cyrillic spelling пао)

    1. masculine singular active past participle of pȁsti

    Swahili

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Portuguese paus.

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

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    pao (n class, plural pao)

    1. clubs (suit of cards)
      Synonyms: karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

    Adjective

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    pao

    1. Pa class inflected form of -ao.

    See also

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    Suits in Swahili · ng'anda (see also: karata, karata za kucheza) (layout · text)
    makopa uru shupaza, majembe pao, pau, karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

    Tahitian

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    Verb

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    pao

    1. dig

    Vietnamese

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    Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia vi

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English pound.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pao

    1. pound (unit of mass)