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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishTanana,upper.

Symbol

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tau

(international standards)ISO 639-3 language code forUpper Tanana.

English

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WOTD – 28 June 2022

Etymology

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**Ancient Greek alphabet**
← sigma		→ upsilon
Τ τ Ancient Greek:ταῦ
Wikipedia article on tau

A tau(sense 3) used as thesymbol of theHospital Brothers of Saint Anthony in theAntoniterkloster Höchst, aformer monastery inHöchst, aquarter ofFrankfurt am Main,Hesse,Germany.

When acircle’sradius is 1unit, itscircumference istwice thevalue ofpi (2π) or tau (τ;sense 7) units.

Animage ofneurons. The taus ortau proteins(sense 8) arestained red.

FromMiddle Englishtau,taue, fromLatintau, fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû) andHebrewתָּו(tav).

Sense 7 was used by Joseph M. Lindenberg in 1991, and popularized by the American educator and entrepreneur Michael Hartl in a 2010 paper which explains thatτ resemblesπ; and thatτ is the Greek equivalent oft, the first letter ofturn, and 2π corresponds to one turn of a circle with a radius of one unit.^[1]

Sense 8.1 (“ellipsis of tau leptonor tau particle”) wascoined by the American physicistMartin Lewis Perl (1927–2014) after the first letter ofAncient Greekτρίτον(tríton,“third”), since the tau lepton or tauon was the third charged lepton discovered.^[2]

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /taʊ/,/tɔː/
(General American)IPA^(key): /taʊ/,/tɔ/
- Audio(General American);/taʊ/: (file)
Rhymes:-aʊ,-ɔː

Noun

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tau (pluraltaus)

TheletterΤ /τ in theGreek alphabet; being thenineteenth letter of theClassical andModern Greek, and thetwenty-first letter of theOld andAncient Greek alphabets.
Alternative form oftaw; the 22nd and last letter of manySemiticalphabets/abjads, includingPhoenician,Aramaic,Hebrew,Syriac, andArabic.
- 1847, Richard Edmund Tyrwhitt,Sermons Chiefly Expository, volume I, Oxford: John Henry Parker;F[rancis] and J[ohn] Rivington, London, page366:
  Hence it appears that the spits, or skewers, on which and to which the lamb was fixed and fastened in order to be roasted, assumed the form of across, not such atau-cross as is engraved in Dr. Oliver’s Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry, vol. i. p. 80. having three arms only like theGreek lettertau; but a cross like the ancientHebrewtau, with four arms, though not necessarily all of equal length.
- 1851,D[aniel] Rock,Hierurgia; or Transubstantiation, Invocation of Saints, Relics, and Purgatory, Besides Those Other Articles of Doctrine Set Forth in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Expounded; […], 2nd edition, London: C. Dolman, […], page350:
  In the Spanish translation of Sallust, by the Infant Don Gabriel in 1772, called the Infant Sallust, there is a curious dissertation by Father Perez Bayer on the resemblance between the ancient Hebrew and Phœnician alphabets, in which it is observed that the HebrewTau was written in pure Phœnician,[…]
- 2017, Piers Vaughan,Capitular Development Course, 2nd edition, Rose Circle Publications,→ISBN, page135:
  Thetau is both the 19^th letter of the Greek alphabet, and also the 22^nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In this context, the Hebrewtau ortav is more pertinent.
AΤ-shapedobject orsign; aSaint Anthony's cross, sometimesregarded as asacredsymbol.
- 1658,Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter I.”, inHydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […],→OCLC,page96:
  Nor ſhall we take in the myſticallTau, or the Croſſe of our bleſſed Saviour, which having in ſome deſcriptions anEmpedon or croſſing foot-ſtay, made not one ſingle tranſverſion.
1. (Christianity) Acrosier with aΤ-shapedhead.
Theankh symbol (☥).
Synonym:crux ansata
(astronomy)Chieflywrittenτ:used todesignate the nineteenthstar (usually according tobrightness) in aconstellation.
(finance) Ameasurement of thesensitivity of thevalue of anoption tochanges in theimplied volatility of theprice of theunderlying asset.
Synonyms:kappa,vega
Hypernym:Greeks(includes a list of coordinate terms)
(mathematics, neologism)Chiefly writtenτ: anirrational andtranscendental constant representing theratio of thecircumference of aEuclidean circle to itsradius,equal totwice thevalue ofpi (2π;approximately 6.2831853071).
(neurology)Ellipsis oftau protein(“aprotein abundant especially in theneurons of the humancentral nervous system that stabilizesmicrotubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms ofdementia such asAlzheimer's andParkinson's diseases”).
- 1999,Matt Ridley,Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, London:Harper Perennial, published2004,→ISBN, page263:
  Quite what that job is remains obscure, but one theory is that it is to stabilise another protein calledtau, which is supposed in turn to keep in shape the tubular ‘skeleton’ of a neuron.
(particle physics)Chiefly writtenτ.
1. Ellipsis oftau lepton ortau particle(“an unstableelementary particle which is a type oflepton, having a mass almost twice that of aproton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays intohadrons (usuallypions) or otherleptons, andneutrinos; atauon”).
2. (historical)Ellipsis oftau meson, now known as akaon.

Derived terms

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Translations

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the letterΤ /τ in the Greek alphabet

Arabic:تَاو m(tāw)
Asturian:tau (ast)
Catalan:tau (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin:陶 (zh)(táo),套 (zh)(tào)
Czech:tau n
Danish:tau (da) n
Dutch:tau (nl) m or f
Esperanto:taŭo (eo)
Finnish:tau (fi)
French:tau (fr) m
Georgian:ტაუ(ṭau)
German:Tau (de) n
Greek:ταυ (el) n(taf)
Ancient Greek:ταῦ n(taû)
Hebrew:טָאוּ f(tau)
Hungarian:tau (hu)
Icelandic:tá (is) n
Interlingua:tau
Italian:tau (it) m or f
Japanese:タウ (ja)(tau)
Korean:타우 (ko)(tau)
Malay:tau (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:tau (no) n
Nynorsk:tau n
Polish:tau (pl) n
Portuguese:tau (pt) m
Russian:тау (ru) n(tau)
Spanish:tau (es) f
Swedish:tau (sv) n
Thai:เทา (th)(tao)
Ukrainian:тау n(tau)
Welsh:tau f

a letter of many Semitic alphabets—seetaw

Τ-shaped object or sign

crosier with aΤ-shaped head

Saint Anthony’s cross—see alsoSaint Anthony's cross

French:croix en tau f
German:Taukreuz (de) n

ankh symbol—seeankh

used to designate the nineteenth (usually the nineteenth brightest) star in a constellation

irrational and transcendental constant equal to twice the value of pi

ellipsis of tau protein—see alsotau protein

French:tau (fr) f

ellipsis of tau leptonor tau particle—seetauon

ellipsis of tau meson—see alsokaon

References

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^Michael Hartl (28 June 2010), “The Tau Manifesto”, inTauday.com‎^[1], archived fromthe original on30 January 2022, section 4.1 (One Turn):
There are two main reasons to useτ for the circle constant. The first is thatτ visually resembles π: after centuries of use, the association of π with the circle constant is unavoidable,[…] The second reason is thatτ corresponds to oneturn of a circle, and you may have noticed that “τ” and “turn” both start with a “t” sound.
^Martin L[ewis] Perl (April1977),Evidence for, and Properties of, the New Charged Heavy Lepton (SLAC-PUB-1923)‎^[2], archived fromthe original on9 July 2021, section 1 (Introduction), page 3; published inTrần Thanh Vân, editor,Proceedings of the Twelfth Rencontre de Moriond: Flaine, Haute-Savoie, France, March, 6–18, 1977 (Moriond Proceedings;19), volumes 1 (Leptons and Multileptons), Orsay, Paris: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Particules Elémentaires [Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and Elementary Particles],Université de Paris-Sud,1977,→OCLC, pages75–97:
Since there is now substantial evidence that it [the new elementary particle] is a lepton, we wish to designate it by a lower case Greek letter. We use $\tau ^{\pm }$ because it appears to be the third charged lepton to be found andτριτον means third in Greek. We feel the old use of $\tau$ to designate the three pion decay mode of the K is now obsolete.

Anagrams

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AUT,UAT,UTA,Uta,aut-,uta

'Are'are

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Verb

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tau

togive

References

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Kateřina Naitoro,A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Betawi

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Verb

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tau

toknow

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)[ˈtaw]
Rhymes:-aw

Noun

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tau f (pluraltaus)

Tau; theGreek letterΤ (lowercaseτ)
tav; theHebrew letterת
(religion) atau cross

Czech

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈtau̯]

Noun

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tau n (indeclinable)

tau(Greek letter)

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchtau,thau, fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû).Doublet oftaw,tav.

Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Noun

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tau n (pluraltaus,diminutivetautje n)

tau (Greek letter)

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû).

Greek letter
Ττ	Previous:	sigma
Ττ	Next:	ypsilon

FinnishWikipedia has an article on:

tau

Wikipedia^fi

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯/,[ˈt̪ɑ̝u̯]
Rhymes:-ɑu
Syllabification^(key):tau
Hyphenation^(key):tau

Noun

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tau

tau(Greek letter)
tauon,tau(elementary particle)

Declension

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Inflection oftau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		tau	taut
genitive		taun	tauiden tauitten
partitive		tauta	tauita
illative		tauhun	tauihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tau	taut
accusative	nom.	tau	taut
accusative	gen.	taun	taut
genitive		taun	tauiden tauitten
partitive		tauta	tauita
inessive		taussa	tauissa
elative		tausta	tauista
illative		tauhun	tauihin
adessive		taulla	tauilla
ablative		taulta	tauilta
allative		taulle	tauille
essive		tauna	tauina
translative		tauksi	tauiksi
abessive		tautta	tauitta
instructive		—	tauin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms oftau(Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tauni	tauni
accusative	nom.	tauni	tauni
accusative	gen.	tauni	tauni
genitive		tauni	tauideni tauitteni
partitive		tautani	tauitani
inessive		taussani	tauissani
elative		taustani	tauistani
illative		tauhuni	tauihini
adessive		taullani	tauillani
ablative		taultani	tauiltani
allative		taulleni	tauilleni
essive		taunani	tauinani
translative		taukseni	tauikseni
abessive		tauttani	tauittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tauineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tausi	tausi
accusative	nom.	tausi	tausi
accusative	gen.	tausi	tausi
genitive		tausi	tauidesi tauittesi
partitive		tautasi	tauitasi
inessive		taussasi	tauissasi
elative		taustasi	tauistasi
illative		tauhusi	tauihisi
adessive		taullasi	tauillasi
ablative		taultasi	tauiltasi
allative		taullesi	tauillesi
essive		taunasi	tauinasi
translative		tauksesi	tauiksesi
abessive		tauttasi	tauittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tauinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		taumme	taumme
accusative	nom.	taumme	taumme
accusative	gen.	taumme	taumme
genitive		taumme	tauidemme tauittemme
partitive		tautamme	tauitamme
inessive		taussamme	tauissamme
elative		taustamme	tauistamme
illative		tauhumme	tauihimme
adessive		taullamme	tauillamme
ablative		taultamme	tauiltamme
allative		taullemme	tauillemme
essive		taunamme	tauinamme
translative		tauksemme	tauiksemme
abessive		tauttamme	tauittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tauinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		taunne	taunne
accusative	nom.	taunne	taunne
accusative	gen.	taunne	taunne
genitive		taunne	tauidenne tauittenne
partitive		tautanne	tauitanne
inessive		taussanne	tauissanne
elative		taustanne	tauistanne
illative		tauhunne	tauihinne
adessive		taullanne	tauillanne
ablative		taultanne	tauiltanne
allative		taullenne	tauillenne
essive		taunanne	tauinanne
translative		tauksenne	tauiksenne
abessive		tauttanne	tauittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tauinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		taunsa	taunsa
accusative	nom.	taunsa	taunsa
accusative	gen.	taunsa	taunsa
genitive		taunsa	tauidensa tauittensa
partitive		tautaan tautansa	tauitaan tauitansa
inessive		taussaan taussansa	tauissaan tauissansa
elative		taustaan taustansa	tauistaan tauistansa
illative		tauhunsa	tauihinsa
adessive		taullaan taullansa	tauillaan tauillansa
ablative		taultaan taultansa	tauiltaan tauiltansa
allative		taulleen taullensa	tauilleen tauillensa
essive		taunaan taunansa	tauinaan tauinansa
translative		taukseen tauksensa	tauikseen tauiksensa
abessive		tauttaan tauttansa	tauittaan tauittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tauineen tauinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

antitau

Anagrams

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-tua

French

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Alternative forms

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(in theplural)taus(1990 spelling reform)

Galician

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/[ˈt̪ɑw]
Rhymes:-aw
Hyphenation:tau

Noun

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tau m (pluraltaus)

tau(name of the Greek letter Τ, τ)

References

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“tau”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions oftau – see兜 (“helmet;hood;helmet-shaped; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of兜).

For pronunciation and definitions oftau – see掜 (“to beanalogous to; toimitate; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of掜).

For pronunciation and definitions oftau – see㨮 (“tobox someone's ears; toslap someone on theface”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of㨮).

For pronunciation and definitions oftau – see兜 (“helmet;hood;helmet-shaped; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of兜).

Huichol

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Noun

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tau

Hungarian

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HungarianWikipedia has an article on:

tau

Wikipedia^hu

Etymology

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FromAncient Greekταῦ(taû).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈtɒu]
Hyphenation:tau
Rhymes:-u

Noun

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tau (pluraltauk)

tau (Greek letter)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tau	tauk
accusative	taut	taukat
dative	taunak	tauknak
instrumental	tauval	taukkal
causal-final	tauért	taukért
translative	tauvá	taukká
terminative	tauig	taukig
essive-formal	tauként	taukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tauban	taukban
superessive	taun	taukon
adessive	taunál	tauknál
illative	tauba	taukba
sublative	taura	taukra
allative	tauhoz	taukhoz
elative	tauból	taukból
delative	tauról	taukról
ablative	tautól	tauktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	taué	tauké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tauéi	taukéi

Possessive forms oftau
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	taum	tauim
2nd person sing.	taud	tauid
3rd person sing.	tauja	taui
1st person plural	taunk	tauink
2nd person plural	tautok	tauitok
3rd person plural	taujuk	tauik

Iban

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	A user suggests that this Iban entry be cleaned up, giving the reason:“this means "ought, should" but it's listed as an alternative form intauk which in that entry it means "to know"”.
	Please see the discussion onRequests for cleanup⁽⁺⁾ or thetalk page for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /tauʔ/

Verb

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tau

ought,should

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDanishtøj.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /tʰøyː/
Rhymes:-øyː

Noun

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tau n (genitive singulartaus,no plural)

Declension

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Declension oftau (sg-only neuter)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tau	tauið
accusative	tau	tauið
dative	taui	tauinu
genitive	taus	tausins

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key): /ˈtau/[ˈt̪a.u]
Syllabification:ta‧u

Etymology 1

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Verb

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tau

(colloquial)alternative form oftahu(“toknow”)

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû).

Noun

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tau

tau(theletterΤ /τ in theGreek alphabet; being thenineteenth letter of theClassical andModern Greek, and thetwenty-first letter of theOld andAncient Greek alphabets)

Italian

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:

tau

Wikipedia^it

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/
Rhymes:-aw
Hyphenation:tàu

Noun

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tau m or f (invariable)

tau (Greek letter)

Anagrams

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-uta,tua

Japanese

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Romanization

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tau

Rōmaji transcription ofたう

Kambera

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Verb

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tau

person
natau na pa-hi dà-nggu
theperson that I cried with

References

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Marian Klamer (1998),A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter,→ISBN, page328

Kapampangan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtau/ [ˈtäː.u]
Hyphenation:ta‧u

Noun

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táu

person;human;man
Makapabayungtau.
Modernhuman.
Pasensia na,tau kumu.
I'm sorry, I'm only ahuman.
someone;people;human being
Tau pu?Atin pungtau kene?.
Isanyone here? Issomebody here?
Tinalangalareng tau pangabanwa.
People look above the sky.
person left alone in a place as aguard orcaretaker(when others are away)
Synonyms:bante,tanud
boyfriend;girlfriend;lover
Synonyms:kapalsintan,kaluguran
Ikamungtau ku at alanang aliwa pa.
You're mygirlfriend/boyfriend and no one else.
Kasal ne kingtau na.
S/he's already married to his/hergirlfriend/boyfriend.
flame;blaze
Synonym:api

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /təˈu/ [təˈuː]
Hyphenation:ta‧u

Noun

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taú

feast;party;banquet
Synonyms:apag,diwang,pamagsaya
Pangakayaldawanangmagtau ka?
Will yoube preparing food and inviting guests for your birthday?
Mikipamagtao?
Is there afeast?

Derived terms

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Kendayan

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Numeral

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tau

three

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈt̪â̤ˑʊ/

Pronoun

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táu

second-person singular dative oftu

Low German

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Alternative forms

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to(in some dialects)

Etymology

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Middle Low Germantô.

Preposition

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tau(German Low German)

(in some dialects)to

Derived terms

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Makasar

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtau/,[ˈt̪ʰa.u]
Hyphenation:ta‧u

Etymology 1

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FromInherited fromProto-South Sulawesi*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau.

Noun

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tau (Lontara spellingᨈᨕᨘ)

Derived terms

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Affixations

Compounds

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqu, fromProto-Austronesian*Caqu(“to know how, be able to, be skilled at”).

Adjective

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tau (Lontara spellingᨈᨕᨘ)

friendly,amicably, being familiar with someone.
tame,domesticated

Derived terms

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Root

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tau (Lontara spellingᨈᨕᨘ)

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Derived terms

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Malay

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromProto-Malayic*tahu(ʔ), fromProto-Malayo-Chamic, fromProto-Malayo-Sumbawan, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqu, fromProto-Austronesian*Caqu.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtau/ [ˈt̪a.u],/ˈtaw/ [ˈt̪au̯]
Rhymes:-u,-au̯
Hyphenation:ta‧u,tau

Verb

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tau (Jawi spellingتاو)

(informal)syncopic form oftahu(“to know”)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishtau, fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/ [ˈt̪au̯]
Rhymes:-au̯
Hyphenation:tau

Noun

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tau (Jawi spellingتاو,pluraltau-tauortau²)

theGreek lettertau (Τ orτ)

Māori

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtau/ [ˈtɐʉ]

Etymology 1

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FromProto-Polynesian*taqu (compareHawaiiankau), fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqun (compareMalaytahun,Tagalogtaón).

Noun

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tau

year(time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun)
year(time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body)
year(a period between set dates that mark a year)
year(scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity)
year(Julian year)
year(level or grade at school or college)

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀuq (compareMalaytaruh).

Verb

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tau

tosettle

Etymology 3

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqu, fromProto-Austronesian*Caqu (compareMalaytahu).

Noun

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tau (used in the formmātau)

knowledge

Verb

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tau (used in the formmātau)

(stative) toknow

References

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“tau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.

Minangkabau

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayic*tahu(ʔ), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqu, fromProto-Austronesian*Caqu.

Verb

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tau

toknow

Niuean

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Polynesian*taqu, fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqun.

Noun

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tau

year

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀuŋ.

Verb

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tau

fight

North Frisian

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**North Frisian numbers^(edit)**
	20
← 1	2	3 →
Cardinal:tau Ordinal:naist,öler

**North Frisian cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal :tau Ordinal :taust

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [tʰaʊ̯]

Etymology 1

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FromOld Frisiantwā.

Numeral

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tau(Föhr-Amrum, Sylt, Heligoland)

Alternative forms

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twäär(Mooring)

Coordinate terms

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Cardinal numbers from 1 till 99 (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	nol	een	tau	trii	fjauer	fiiw	seeks	sööwen	aacht	njüügen
1—	tjiin	elwen	twaalew	tretanj	fjauertanj	füftanj	seekstanj	sööwentanj	aagetanj	njüügentanj
2—	twuntig	ianantwuntig	tauantwuntig	triiantwuntig	fjauerantwuntig	fiiwantwuntig	seeksantwuntig	sööwenantwuntig	aachtantwuntig	njüügenantwuntig
3—	dörtig	ianandörtig	tauandörtig	triiandörtig	fjauerandörtig	fiiwandörtig	seeksandörtig	sööwenandörtig	aachtandörtig	njüügenandörtig
4—	fiartig	iananfiartig	tauanfiartig	triianfiartig	fjaueranfiartig	fiiwanfiartig	seeksanfiartig	sööwenanfiartig	aachtanfiartig	njüügenanfiartig
5—	föftig	iananföftig	tauanföftig	triianföftig	fjaueranföftig	fiiwanföftig	seeksanföftig	sööwenanföftig	aachtanföftig	njüügenanföftig
6—	söstig	ianansöstig	tauansöstig	triiansöstig	fjaueransöstig	fiiwansöstig	seeksansöstig	sööwenansöstig	aachtansöstig	njüügenansöstig
7—	sööwentig	ianansööwentig	tauansööwentig	triiansööwentig	fjaueransööwentig	fiiwansööwentig	seeksansööwentig	sööwenansööwentig	aachtansööwentig	njüügenansööwentig
8—	tachentig	ianantachentig	tauantachentig	triiantachentig	fjauerantachentig	fiiwantachentig	seeksantachentig	sööwenantachentig	aachtantachentig	njüügenantachentig
9—	neegentig	iananneegentig	tauanneegentig	triianneegentig	fjaueranneegentig	fiiwanneegentig	seeksanneegentig	sööwenanneegentig	aachtanneegentig	njüügenanneegentig

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Germanic*þwahaną.

Verb

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tau

(Föhr-Amrum) towash

Conjugation

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Conjugation oftau (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

	present	past
infinitive I	tau
infinitive II	(tu)tauen
past participle	twaanjen
imperative singular	tau
imperative plural	tau’m
1st singular	tau	twuch
2nd singular	twaist	twuchst
3rd singular	twait	twuch
plural	tau	twuch
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haatwaanjen	hedtwaanjen
2nd singular	heesttwaanjen	hedsttwaanjen
3rd singular	heetwaanjen	hedtwaanjen
plural	haatwaanjen	hedtwaanjen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skaltau	waltau
2nd singular	skäältau	wäältau
3rd singular	skaltau	waltau
plural	skeltau	weltau

Alternative forms

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taui(Sylt)
tüünj(Mooring)

Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:

tau

Wikipedia^no

Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsetog(rope).

Noun

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tau n (definite singulartauet,indefinite pluraltau,definite pluraltauaortauene)

arope
(physics)tau lepton
tau (Greek letter)

Synonyms

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(rope):rep,reip

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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tau

imperative oftaue

References

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“tau” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:

tau

Wikipediaⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

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From earlier andOld Norsetog(“rope”), fromProto-Germanic*taugō.

Alternative forms

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tog(superseded)

Noun

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tau n (definite singulartauet,indefinite pluraltau,definite pluraltaua)

arope

Synonyms

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(rope):reip

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:

Bokstaven tau

Wikipediaⁿⁿ

Borrowed fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû).

Noun

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tau m (definite singulartauen,indefinite pluraltauar,definite pluraltauane)

tau: The letterΤ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of theClassical andModern Greek, the twenty-first letter ofOld andAncient Greek.
(physics)taulepton

References

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“tau” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

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Tau,tua

Occitan

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Etymology

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FromLatintalis.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /taw/
Audio(Gascony): (file)

Adjective

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tau m (feminine singulartala,masculine pluraltaus,feminine pluraltalas)

(Gascony, Provençal, Limousin, Vivaro-alpine, Auvergne)such

Alternative forms

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:

tau

Wikipedia^pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekταῦ(taû), fromPhoenician𐤕(t/⁠taw⁠/).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-aw
Syllabification:tau

Noun

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tau n (indeclinable)

tau(Greek letter Τ, τ)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/[ˈtaʊ̯]

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/

Homophone:tal(Brazil)
Rhymes:-aw
Hyphenation:tau

Noun

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tau m (pluraltaus)

tau(name of the Greek letter Τ, τ)
(particle physics)tauon

Sotho

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Noun

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tau class9/10 (pluralditau)

lion

Descendants

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→ Phuthi:idawû

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtau/[ˈt̪au̯]
Audio(Colombia): (file)
Rhymes:-au
Syllabification:tau

Noun

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tau f (pluraltaus)

tau; the Greek letterΤ,τ
tauon(elementary particle)
Synonym:tauón

Tagalog

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Pronoun

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tau (Baybayin spellingᜆᜌᜓ)(text messaging)

abbreviation oftayo

Tahitian

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Adjective

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tau

some

Synonyms

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References

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Lemaître, Yves (1995),Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎^[5] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom,→ISBN
“tau” inDictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tausug

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau.

Pronunciation

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(Sinūgan Parianun)IPA^(key): /taʔu/[t̪aˈʔu]
Rhymes:-u
Syllabification:ta‧u

Noun

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tau (Sulat Sūg spellingتَؤُ)

Derived terms

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈta.u]

Verb

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tau

topull

Conjugation

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Conjugation oftau
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totau	fotau	mitau
2nd person		notau	nitau
3rd person	masculine	otau	itau yotau(archaic)
	feminine	motau
	neuter	itau

References

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Rika Hayami-Allen (2001),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀuq, compareMāoritau andIndonesiantaruh.

Verb

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tau

toput, toplace

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Chinese斗 (MC tuwX).^[1]^[2]

Noun

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tau ? sg (irregular pluraltowäortomortaum)

adry measure, roughly equivalent to tenquarts or 1.25pecks

References

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^Adams, Douglas Q. (1999), “tau”, inA dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi,→ISBN
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2003, Alexander Lubotsky, Sergey Starostin, “Turkic and Chinese loan words in Tocharian”, in Bauer, Brigitte L.M., Pinault, Georges-Jean, editors,Language in Time and Space: A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, pages257-269:

Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈta.u]
Hyphenation:ta‧u

Etymology 1

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FromProto-Polynesian*te-qa-u.

Determiner

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tau

(alienable, definite)thy,your

Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference	plural reference
sg	du	pl	sg	du	pl
long	short	long	short
1st person	excl.	toku,tota¹	tomāua	tomā	tomātou	oku,ota¹	omāua	omā	omātou
incl.	―	totāua	totā	totātou	―	otāua	otā	otātou
2nd person	tō	toulua	toutou	ō	oulua	outou
3rd person	tona	tolāua	tolā	tolātou	ona	olāua	olā	olātou

Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference	plural reference
sg	du	pl	sg	du	pl
long	short	long	short
1st person	excl.	taku,tata¹	tamāua	tamā	tamātou	aku,ata¹	amāua	amā	amātou
incl.	―	tatāua	tatā	tatātou	―	atāua	atā	atātou
2nd person	tau	taulua	tautou	au	aulua	autou
3rd person	tana	talāua	talā	talātou	ana	alāua	alā	alātou

Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference	plural reference
sg	du	pl	sg	du	pl
long	short	long	short
1st person	excl.	hoku,hota¹	homāua	homā	homātou	nioku, niota¹	ni omāua	ni omā	ni omātou
incl.	―	hotāua	hotā	hotātou	―	ni otāua	ni otā	ni otātou
2nd person	hō	houlua	houtou	niō	nioulua	nioutou
3rd person	hona	holāua	holā	holātou	niona	ni olāua	ni olā	ni olātou

Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference	plural reference
sg	du	pl	sg	du	pl
long	short	long	short
1st person	excl.	haku,hata¹	hamāua	hamā	hamātou	niaku, niata¹	ni amāua	ni amā	ni amātou
incl.	―	hatāua	hatā	hatātou	―	ni atāua	ni atā	ni atātou
2nd person	hau	haulua	hautou	niau	niaulua	niautou
3rd person	hana	halāua	halā	halātou	niana	ni alāua	ni alā	ni alātou

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Polynesian*taqu. Cognates includeHawaiiankau andSamoantau.

Noun

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tau

Etymology 3

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau. Cognates includeTongantou andSamoantau.

Verb

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tau

(transitive) topick

Usage notes

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tau is used to refer to flowers and fruits, with the exception of thecoconut andpandanus.

Etymology 4

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau. Cognates includeTongantau andSamoantau.

Verb

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tau

(intransitive) tofight; toquarrel
(intransitive) tocompete

Etymology 5

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau. Cognates includeMāoritau andSamoantau.

Verb

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tau (pluraltatau)

Etymology 6

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau. Cognates includeTuvaluantau andSamoantau.

Verb

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tau

(transitive, of months) tocount

Etymology 7

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau. Cognates includeRapatau andSamoantau.

Noun

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tau

The point where the keel meets the stern of the canoe.

Etymology 8

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Noun

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tau

Freshnest fern leaves, used to cover a traditional oven.

Etymology 9

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Particle

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tau

Used to indicate the exclusiveness of the following noun or pronoun;just,only,merely

Etymology 10

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Particle

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tau

Used to indicate the focus lies on the following noun;concerning,regarding

Etymology 11

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Particle

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tau

Used to indicate that the action of the following verb is beginning;starting to;beginning to

Etymology 12

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Verb

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tau

only used intau ma(“to be fed up with”)

References

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R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary‎^[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page342

Tongan

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Etymology

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FromProto-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀuŋ.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ta.u/

Verb

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tau

fight

Tswana

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /tà.ú/

Noun

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tau class9/10 (pluralditau)

lion

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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(Vinh)IPA^(key): [taw˧˥]

(Hà Nội)IPA^(key): [taw˧˧]
(Huế)IPA^(key): [taw˧˧]
(Saigon)IPA^(key): [ta(ː)w˧˧]

Pronoun

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tau

North Central Vietnam form oftao(“I/me”)

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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(North Wales)IPA^(key): /taɨ̯/
(South Wales)IPA^(key): /tai̞/

Verb

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tau

(literary)third-person singularpresent indicative/future oftewi

Mutation

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Mutated forms oftau
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tau	dau	nhau	thau

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

White Hmong

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Etymology

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FromProto-Hmong-Mien*təuk, fromOld Chinese得 (OC*tɯːɡ).^[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /tau̯˧/

Verb

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tau

toget,gain,obtain
(used preverbally)perfective action marker
Kuv tsis tau ua. ―I didn't do that.
(used postverbally)potential mood marker
Ua tau. ―May be done.

References

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Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979),White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[7], SEAP Publications,→ISBN.

^Ratliff, Martha (2010),Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics,→ISBN, page254; 283.

Woccon

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Noun

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tau

fire

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