dau
- (genealogy)Abbreviation ofdaughter.(often with implied 'of')
- Jane,dau John
- ADU,Uda,AUD,du'a',aud,Dua,Au.D.,dua,UDA,Adu,aud.,Aud
dau
- leaf
- George W. Grace,Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, inOceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
FromLatindō. Compare Daco-Romanianda,dau.
daufirst-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicativeda,past participledatã)
- togive
Feminine form ofdoi. FromLatinduae, nominative feminine ofduo.
dau f (masculinedoi)
- two
dau
- leaf
- George W. Grace,Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, inOceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
From aVulgar Latin*dadu, of uncertain origin; perhaps ofArabic origin, cf.أَعْدَاد(ʔaʕdād), or alternatively fromLatindatum, fromdatus(“given”), the past participle ofdare(“to give”), fromProto-Indo-European*deh₃-(“to lay out, to spread out”). CompareFrenchdé,Italian,Spanish, andPortuguesedado.
dau m (pluraldaus)
- die(polyhedron with symbols on each side)
- (castells)vent (position in thepinya)
dàu
- (of ahue)deep
CompareTagalogdao.
- IPA(key): /dəˈu/ [dəˈu]
- Hyphenation:da‧u
dau
- dao (Dracontomelon dao)
dau
- year
- dau kalangngana ―lastyear
- dau ta aro ―nextyear
- Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “dau”, inKamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page14
Cognate withBurmeseတူ(tu,“hammer”).
dau
- hammer
- Dr. Ola Hanson,A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).
FromOld Norsedauðr.
dau (masculine and femininedau,neuterdaut,definite singular and pluraldaue)
- (dialectal)dead
- “dau” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dau” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
dau
- Contraction ofde +lo
dau
- inflection ofda:
- first-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- third-personpluralpresentindicative
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dau classV (pluralmadau classVI)
- dhow(traditional sailing vessel)
- Martin Walsh (2020) “Sewn boats of the Swahili coast: The mtepe and the dau reconsidered”, inKenya Past and Present, number47, pages23-32
- Bob Holtzman (2009 June 24) “What's a Dhow?”, inIndigenous Boats[1]
Borrowed fromArabic[Term?].
dau classV (pluralmadau classVI)
- aprize pool
dau
- leaf
- George W. Grace,Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, inOceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
dau
- (Cire-Cire)ash
dau
- (Cire-Cire) toburn
- Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy,Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)
FromProto-Brythonic*dow, fromProto-Celtic*duwo, fromProto-Indo-European*dwóh₁.
dau m (femininedwy)(triggers soft mutation)
- (cardinal number)two
In compounds, generally takes the formdeu-:
- dau + deg(“ten”) → deuddeg(“twelve”).
- dau + pegwn(“pole”) → deubegwn(“bipolar”).
dau (pluraldeuoedd)
- two
- Synonyms:cwpl,pâr
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dau”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
