gau (pluralgaus)
From eitherHokkien厚(kāu,“thick”) orTeochew厚(gao6,“thick”), influenced in spelling byMandarinPinyin.
gau (notcomparable)
gau
Unknown.
gau inan
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gau | gaua | gauak |
| ergative | gauk | gauak | gauek |
| dative | gauri | gauari | gauei |
| genitive | gauren | gauaren | gauen |
| comitative | gaurekin | gauarekin | gauekin |
| causative | gaurengatik | gauarengatik | gauengatik |
| benefactive | gaurentzat | gauarentzat | gauentzat |
| instrumental | gauez | gauaz | gauez |
| inessive | gautan | gauean | gauetan |
| locative | gautako | gaueko | gauetako |
| allative | gautara | gauera | gauetara |
| terminative | gautaraino | gaueraino | gauetaraino |
| directive | gautarantz | gauerantz | gauetarantz |
| destinative | gautarako | gauerako | gauetarako |
| ablative | gautatik | gauetik | gauetatik |
| partitive | gaurik | — | — |
| prolative | gautzat | — | — |
gau m (nominative pluralgaave)
Poeticclipping ofgaudium. Attributed toEnnius (circa 200BCE) by the poetAusonius in his catalogue of monosyllabic Latin words, never attested directly.
gau n (indeclinable)(archaic, poetic, hapax legomenon)
Indeclinable noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gau | gau |
| genitive | gau | gau |
| dative | gau | gau |
| accusative | gau | gau |
| ablative | gau | gau |
| vocative | gau | gau |
FromProto-Germanic*ganhuz,*ganhwaz(“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate withDutchgauw(“quickly”),Germanjäh(“sudden, abrupt”). More atgay.
gau
gau
gau n (definite singulargauet,indefinite pluralgau,definite pluralgaua)
FromOld Frisiangā, fromProto-Germanic*ganhuz. More atgay.
gau
FromProto-Celtic*gāwā(“falsehood, lie”), perhaps fromProto-Indo-European*gʰeH₂u-(“to be faulty, at fault, lacking”). Cognate withCornishgow,Bretongaou; outside of Celtic, compareLatinhaud(“scarcely, hardly”),Avestan𐬔𐬀𐬎(gau,“to commit a sin; to promote”).
gau (feminine singulargau,pluralgeuon,equativegeued,comparativegeuach,superlativegeuaf)
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gau | au | ngau | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Mutated form ofcau(“to close”).
gau
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| cau | gau | nghau | chau |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromOld Frisiangā, fromProto-Germanic*ganhuz.
gau
