cau

See also: câu, cầu, cấu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Translingual

Symbol

cau

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Caucasian languages.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

Noun

cau m (plural caus)

  1. den; burrow; lair
  2. (by extension) hiding place
  3. (figuratively) sty; hovel
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the verb caure (“to fall”).

Verb

cau

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of caure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of caure

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English caution.

Pronunciation

Verb

cau

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to caution (especially in a legal process)

Derived terms
  • cau文

References

Kanakanabu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognates with Tagalog tao, Cebuano tawo.

Noun

cau

  1. person

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cavus.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

cau m (feminine singular cava, masculine plural caus, feminine plural cavas)

  1. hollow

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kaw.

Noun

(classifier cây, trái) cau • (榚, 槁, 槔, 橰, 𥢐)

  1. areca
    Synonym: nang

Verb

cau • (皋, 皐, 󰎹)

  1. to frown
Derived terms
Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).

Alternative forms
  • caeu (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Verb

cau (first-person singular present caeaf)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut
  2. (transitive) to fasten
  3. (intransitive) to heal, to close
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future caeaf caei cae caewn caewch caeant caeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 caewn caeit caeai caeem caeech caeent caeid
preterite caeais caeaist caeodd caeasom caeasoch caeasant caewyd
pluperfect caeaswn caeasit caeasai caeasem caeasech caeasent caeasid, caeesid
present subjunctive caewyf caeych caeo caeom caeoch caeont caeer
imperative — cau, caea caeed caewn caewch caeent caeer
verbal noun cau
verbal adjectives caeedig
caeadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future caea i, caeaf i caei di caeith o/e/hi, caeiff e/hi caewn ni caewch chi caean nhw
conditional caewn i, caeswn i caeet ti, caeset ti caeai fo/fe/hi, caesai fo/fe/hi caeen ni, caesen ni caeech chi, caesech chi caeen nhw, caesen nhw
preterite caeais i, caees i caeaist ti, caeest ti caeodd o/e/hi caeon ni caeoch chi caeon nhw
imperative — caea — — caewch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • ar gau (“closed, shut”)
  • cau am (“to enclose, to encircle”)
  • cau ceg (“to keep quiet”)
  • cau llygaid ar (“to turn a blind eye”)
  • cae (“enclosure, field”)
  • caer (“castle, hold”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)

  1. hollow, empty, sunken
  2. (figuratively) false, deceitful
  3. enclosing; shut, closed
Antonyms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cau gau nghau chau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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