gau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gau"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gadaba with u as a placeholder, influenced by Gutob.

Symbol

gau

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kondekor terms

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ghau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊ
• Homophone: Gow

Noun

gau (plural gaus)

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Kopi (drink)

Wikipedia

From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao⁶, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.

Alternative forms

• gao, kau

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [k˭aʊ˨]

Adjective

gau (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, colloquial, of coffee) Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)).

   Kopi Gau ― Strong coffee with sugar and condensed milk

2. (Singapore, colloquial, more generally, less common) Thick; having a strong or overwhelming flavour.
   • 2019 August 24, Yeo Boon Ping, quoting Zachary Tang, “If Zi Char Dishes Were In A Battle Royale, Which Would Come Out Tops?”, in ricemedia.co‎, archived from the original on 12 July 2024:

     But for all the eggs and liao (ingredients) you have, it isn’t gao (strong).

Related terms

• C
• di lo
• gah dai
• kosong
• O
• peng
• po
• siew dai

Etymology 3

Noun

gau

1. Alternative form of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”).

Anagrams

• AGU, Aug, Aug., GUA, UGA, aug

Achang

Achang numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: gau

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tə-ŋguʔ.

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /ɡɑu˧/
• (Longchuan) [kau³¹]
• (Luxi) [kʰjau⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [kau³¹]

Numeral

gau

1. nine

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 33

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

gau

Wikipedia ^eu

Alternative forms

• gai (Soule, Roncalese)
• gabe (Biscayan)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡau̯/ [ɡau̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -au̯
• Hyphenation: gau

Noun

gau inan

1. night

Declension

Declension of gau (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	gau	gaua	gauak	gauok
ergative	gauk	gauak	gauek	gauok
dative	gauri	gauari	gauei	gauoi
genitive	gauren	gauaren	gauen	gauon
comitative	gaurekin	gauarekin	gauekin	gauokin
causative	gaurengatik	gauarengatik	gauengatik	gauongatik
benefactive	gaurentzat	gauarentzat	gauentzat	gauontzat
instrumental	gauez	gauaz	gauez	gauotaz
innesive	gautan	gauean	gauetan	gauotan
locative	gautako	gaueko	gauetako	gauotako
allative	gautara	gauera	gauetara	gauotara
terminative	gautaraino	gaueraino	gauetaraino	gauotaraino
directive	gautarantz	gauerantz	gauetarantz	gauotarantz
destinative	gautarako	gauerako	gauetarako	gauotarako
ablative	gautatik	gauetik	gauetatik	gauotatik
partitive	gaurik	—	—	—
prolative	gautzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• gabon (“good night”)
• gauenara
• gauerdi
• gauero (“every night”)
• gaur (“today”)

Descendants

• → Gascon: gaüs, gahús, guèhus, guehús, cahús, caüs, gohús

French

Alternative forms

• gaut, go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

gau m (plural gaux)

1. (slang) louse