kau

Abbreviation of English Kanuri.

kau

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kanuri terms

kau (comparative more kau, superlative most kau)

1. (Singapore, colloquial) Alternative form of gau.

• IPA^(key): [kau]

kau

1. big

• Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: 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.

kau

1. inflection of ka:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

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], [ˈkɔw] (rapid speech)

From Proto-Polynesian *taqu (compare with Māori 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
4. session

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

kau(transitive)

1. to place, to put
2. to settle, to perch
3. to enact, to impose, to levy (a tax)
4. to board, to mount
5. (of the moon) to rise
6. (of the sun) to set
7. to hang up

• hoʻokau (“put on”, verb)

• kaulaʻi (“to hang to dry”, verb)

From Proto-Polynesian *tau (“song”).

kau

1. sacred chant

• kanikau (“lamentation”)
• kaukau (reduplicated form)

kau

1. (transitive) to chant

• kauna (“chanting”)

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 交 (“to intersect; to cross; to reach; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 交).

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 溝 (“ditch; trench; channel; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 溝).

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 勾 (“to bend; to curve; to crook; to hook; to draw; to delineate; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 勾).

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 郊 (“suburbs; outskirts; open spaces”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 郊).

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 鉤 (“hook; barb; sickle; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鉤).

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 蛟 (“mythical flood dragon; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蛟).

For pronunciation and definitions of kau – see 高 (“only used in 高長／高长”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 高).

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

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯/ [ˈkau̯]
    • Rhymes: -au̯
    • Syllabification: kau
  • IPA^(key): (colloquial, dialectal) /ˈko/ [ˈko]

kau

1. (poetic or regional) 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

• IPA^(key): /kəˈu/ [kəˈu]
• Hyphenation: ka‧u

kau

1. thirst

From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.

kau

1. to swim

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

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

kau (Lontara spelling ᨀᨕᨘ)

1. you (familiar second person)

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

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw/ [ˈkau̯]

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• Rhymes: -kau̯, -au̯
• Hyphenation: kau

kau (Jawi spelling کاو)

1. you, your

   Alternative form: ko

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

From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.

kau

1. to swim

• IPA^(key): /ˈkau/ [ˈkɐʉ]

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 *kau₂ from Proto-Oceanic *kaRu.^[1][2]

kau (used in the form kauhoe-tia)

1. to swim

   Synonym: kakau

2. to wade

• kaukau

Borrowed from English cow.

kau

1. a cow

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kau”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 123
• “kau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Borrowed from English cow.

• (phonetics) 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 Māori 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^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

From kayo but the last syllable replaced with homophonous English U. See also un for iyon, and ngaun for ngayon.

kau (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓ) (text messaging, Internet slang)

1. abbreviation of kayo (“you (plural or sometimes polite singular form)”)

• uka, Kua

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