wau
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû). Doublet of waw.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
digamma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaʊ̯/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʊ̯
Hausa
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwau̯/, [ˈʋɐw], [ˈʋɔw] (rapid speech)
Indonesian
Noun
wau (plural wau-wau, first-person possessive wauku, second-person possessive waumu, third-person possessive waunya)
- kite (flying toy on string)
- Synonym: layang-layang
Further reading
- “wau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wau̯/
- Rhymes: -au̯
Etymology 1
From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Pattani Malay وا (wa).
Noun
wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)
- kite (flying toy on string)
- Hypernym: layang-layang
Descendants
- Indonesian: wau
Noun
wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)
Further reading
- “wau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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
Noun
wau
- a Mother Hubbard dress
References
Middle English
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwau/ [ˈwau̯]
- Rhymes: -au
- Syllabification: wau
Further reading
- “wau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014