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

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Etymology

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

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wau (plural waus)

  1. Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

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Anjam

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wau

  1. garden

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Dutch

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

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wau n (plural waus, diminutive wautje n)

  1. wau (archaic Greek letter)
    Synonym: digamma

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German

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Interjection

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wau

  1. woof (sound of a dog)
    Synonym: wuff

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Hausa

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From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

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wau f (possessed form wan)

  1. waw (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwau̯/, [ˈʋɐw], [ˈʋɔw] (rapid speech)

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wau

  1. Alternative form of au

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Indonesian

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

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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

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Javanese

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wau

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦲꦸ

Malay

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Etymology 1

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From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Pattani Malay وا (wa).

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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
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  • Indonesian: wau

Etymology 2

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From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

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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

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Marshallese

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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.

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

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wau

  1. a Mother Hubbard dress

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Middle English

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wau

  1. Alternative form of wawe

Spanish

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Borrowed from Hebrew וו.

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

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wau m (plural waus)

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

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