wau

See also: WAU, Wau, wa'u, and wau'

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû). Doublet of vav and waw.

Noun

wau (plural waus)

1. Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet
• Archaic Greek alphabet:

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Anagrams

• Uwa, UAW

Anjam

Noun

wau

1. garden

References

• Robert Rucker, Anjam Organised Phonology Data (2000), p. 2

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû). Doublet of waw.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

wau n (plural waus, diminutive wautje n)

1. wau (archaic Greek letter)

   Synonym: digamma

Further reading

• digamma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaʊ̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Interjection

wau

1. woof (sound of a dog)

   Synonym: wuff

Derived terms

• wauen
• Wau n or m
• Wauwau m

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wau f (possessed form wan)

1. waw (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

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)

Pronoun

wau

1. Alternative form of au

See also

Hawaiian personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au, wau	māua (exclusive) kāua (inclusive)	mākou (exclusive) kākou (inclusive)
2nd person	ʻoe	ʻolua	ʻoukou
3rd person	ia, ʻo ia	lāua	lākou

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wau, from Classical Malay واو (wau), from Thai ว่าว (wâao).

Noun

wau (plural wau-wau, first-person possessive wauku, second-person possessive waumu, third-person possessive waunya)

1. 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

Romanization

wau

1. Romanization of ꦮꦲꦸ

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)

1. kite (flying toy on string)

   Hypernym: layang-layang

Descendants

• Indonesian: wau

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

Noun

wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)

1. The name of the twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و
2. The name of the thirtieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in Arabic script: و

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

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɑːu], (enunciated) [wɑ wu]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wæɰwiw/
• Bender phonemes: {wahwiw}

Noun

wau

1. a Mother Hubbard dress

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

wau

1. Alternative form of wawe

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew וו.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwau/ [ˈwau̯]
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: wau

Noun

wau m (plural waus)

1. the sound /w/ (labiovelar approximant) or /u̯/ (non-syllabic /u/)

Further reading

• “wau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28