vao

See also: vào, vão, va'o, and váó

Translingual

Symbol

vao

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Vao terms

Estonian

Noun

vao

1. genitive singular of vagu

Galician

O Vao isthmus connects O Grove to the mainland.

Alternative forms

• vau
• véa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊ/, /ˈbaw/

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

1. ford
2. sandbar
3. (anatomy) flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)

   Synonyms: illar, illarga

4. (nautical) space in between two ribs

Derived terms

• Bao
• Vao
• Vaos

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vao”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

vao

1. new (recently made or created), novel

Related terms

	Focus (Voice)
Agent (Active)	man-form: manavao
	mi-form: --
	om-form: --
Patient (Passive)	vaozina
	alternate: havaozina
	a-form: --
	voa-form: --
	tafa-form: --
Goal (Relative)	an-form: avaozana
	i-form: --

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -ao

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

1. ford; shallow (part of a river shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

Derived terms

• non achar vao

Descendants

• Galician: vao
• Portuguese: vau

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "vao"

Zou

Noun

vao

1. thread

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf