fau

See also: fa'u

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fáu/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸáu]

Ideophone

fau

1. (of a thing or action) extreme

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pfau. Doublet of paw, a form borrowed from Polish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.u/
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: fa‧u

Noun

fau m animal

1. Synonym of paw

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “paw”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Middle English

Noun

fau

1. Alternative form of fou

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fau (“beech”), from Latin fagus.

Noun

fau m (plural faus)

1. (Jersey) beech tree

Old French

Alternative forms

• fou

Etymology

From Latin fagus.

Noun

fau

1. beech

Descendants

• Franc-Comtois: fô
• Gallo: faeu
• Norman: fau (Jersey)

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Cognate with Malay baru and Hawaiian hau.

Noun

fau

1. cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)