cau

See also: câu, cầu, cấu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Caucasian.

Symbol

cau

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Caucasian languages.

Asturian

Noun

cau m (plural caos)

  1. alternative spelling of cabu

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus.

Noun

cau m (plural caus)

  1. den; burrow; lair
  2. (by extension) hiding place
  3. (figuratively) sty; hovel
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cau

  1. inflection of caure:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English caution.

Pronunciation

Verb

cau

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to caution (especially in a legal process)

Derived terms

  • cau文

References

Kanakanabu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognates with Tagalog tao, Cebuano tawo.

Noun

cau

  1. person

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cavus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

cau m (feminine singular cava, masculine plural caus, feminine plural cavas)

  1. hollow

Sundanese

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuuʔ (“wild banana”). Compare to Balinese biu and Buginese biyu (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cau (Sundanese script ᮎᮅ)

  1. banana

Derived terms

  • amis cau
  • anak cau
  • cau abaka
  • cau ambon
  • cau badak
  • cau hurang
  • cau kepok
  • cau kolé
  • cau kulub
  • salé cau

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kaw.

Noun

(classifier cây, trái) cau • (榚, 槁, 槔, 橰, 构)

  1. areca
    Synonym: nang
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

cau • (皋, 皐, 󰎹)

  1. to frown
Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh cael, from Old Welsh ci, from Proto-Brythonic *kėɣɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

cau (first-person singular present caeaf)

  1. (ambitransitive) to close, shut
  2. (transitive) to fasten
  3. (intransitive) to heal, to close
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future caeaf caei cae caewn caewch caeant caeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		caewn caeit caeai caeem caeech caeent caeid
preterite caeais caeaist caeodd caeasom caeasoch caeasant caewyd
pluperfect caeaswn caeasit caeasai caeasem caeasech caeasent caeasid, caeesid
present subjunctive caewyf caeych caeo caeom caeoch caeont caeer
imperative — cau, caea caeed caewn caewch caeent caeer
verbal noun cau
verbal adjectives caeedig
caeadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future caea i,
caeaf i 		caei di caeith o/e/hi,
caeiff e/hi 		caewn ni caewch chi caean nhw
conditional caewn i,
caeswn i 		caeet ti,
caeset ti 		caeai fo/fe/hi,
caesai fo/fe/hi 		caeen ni,
caesen ni 		caeech chi,
caesech chi 		caeen nhw,
caesen nhw
preterite caeais i,
caees i 		caeaist ti,
caeest ti 		caeodd o/e/hi caeon ni caeoch chi caeon nhw
imperative — caea — — caewch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Antonyms
Derived terms
  • adeg cau (“closing time”)
  • ar gau (“closed, shut”)
  • cau am (“to enclose, to encircle”)
  • cau ceg (“to keep quiet”)
  • cau llygaid ar (“to turn a blind eye”)
  • ceuedd, ceudwll (“cavern, cavity”)
  • dyddiad cau (“closing date”)
  • cae (“enclosure, field”)
  • caer (“castle, hold”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)

  1. hollow, empty, sunken
  2. (figuratively) false, deceitful
  3. enclosing; shut, closed
Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cau
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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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