daus

See also: Daus

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /dɑu˧˩/

Verb

daus

1. to be tired, exhausted

   Synonym: nyung

Derived terms

• nyung daus

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 22

Catalan

Noun

daus

1. plural of dau

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøyːs/
• Rhymes: -øyːs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse dauss, from Old French dous, deus, deuz.

Noun

daus m (genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)

2. the side of a die with two pips (in dice games, especially backgammon); deuce

Declension

Declension of daus (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	daus	dausinn	dausar	dausarnir
accusative	daus	dausinn	dausa	dausana
dative	daus	dausnum	dausum	dausunum
genitive	dauss	daussins	dausa	dausanna

Etymology 2

Uncertain, but possibly from daus (“deuce”), derived from the notion that two was a bad number to get, or because the two pips on the two-eyed side of some dice may have resembled buttocks.

Noun

daus m (genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)

2. buttocks, arse

Declension

Declension of daus (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	daus	dausinn	dausar	dausarnir
accusative	daus	dausinn	dausa	dausana
dative	daus	dausnum	dausum	dausunum
genitive	dauss	daussins	dausa	dausanna

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dau̯˩/

Noun

daus

1. snow