kau

kau

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kanuri.

• IPA^(key): [kau]

kau

1. big

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

kaù

1. hat

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kayu, from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

kau

1. tree
2. wood
3. stick

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

kau

1. singular imperative of kauen

• IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯/, [ˈkɐw]
• (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔw]

From Proto-Polynesian *taqu (compare with Maori tau "year"), from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare with Malay tahun, Tagalog taón both meaning "year").

kau

1. season

   kau wela ― summer

   kau anu ― winter

   kau o makalapua ― spring

   ke kau o hāʻule lau ― autumn, fall

2. period of time, lifetime

   I ke kau i ke aliʻi o Ka-mehameha.

   In the time of the chief, Kamehameha.

3. semester, term

From Proto-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀuq.

kau

1. to settle

• “kau” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

From Malay kau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

• IPA^(key): /kau̯/

kau

1. (poetic) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Largely used in poetry and songs. Might be perceived as literary or disapproving.

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

• anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• coen (slang, East Java)
• ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• kamu (intimate)
• ko, kowe (informal, Java)
• kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
• lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

kau

1. Rōmaji transcription of かう

From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.

kau

1. to swim

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

kau (free pronoun)

1. you (familiar second person)

Shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

• IPA^(key): /kau̯/
• Rhymes: -kau̯, -au̯

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kau (Jawi spelling کاو‎)

1. you, your

Used among contemporary friends and relatives, especially of the same gender; also used in disapproving tones.

From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.

kau

1. to swim

From Proto-Polynesian *kau (compare with Hawaiian ʻau), from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare with Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

kau (used in the form rākau)

1. tree; wood
2. stick

From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.

kau (used in the form kauhoe-tia)

1. to swim

Borrowed from English cow.

kau

1. a cow

Borrowed from English cow.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑːu], (enunciated) [kɑ wu]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kæɰwiw/
• Bender phonemes: {kahwiw}

kau (construct form kauin)

1. cow
2. beef

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

From English cow.

kau

1. cow

From Proto-Polynesian *kau. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻau and Maori kau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.u/
• Hyphenation: ka‧u

kau

1. (intransitive) to swim

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

From English cow.

kau

1. cow

From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.

kau

1. to swim

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

• IPA^(key): /kau/

kau

1. wood

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris