vao

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vao"

Translingual

Symbol

vao

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vao.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Vao terms

Estonian

Noun

vao

  1. genitive singular of vagu

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (ford), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʊ/, /ˈbaw/

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford
  2. sandbar
  3. (anatomy) flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)
    Synonyms: illar, illarga
  4. (nautical) space in between two ribs

Derived terms

References

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

vao

  1. new (recently made or created), novel
focus (voice)
agent
(active)
man-form manavao
mi-form
om-form
patient
(passive)
vaozina
alternate havaozina
a-form
voa-form
tafa-form
goal
(relative)
an-form avaozana
i-form

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈβa.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈβa.ʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ao

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford; shallow (part of a river shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

Derived terms

  • non achar vao

Descendants

  • Galician: vao
  • Portuguese: vau

Further reading

Zou

Noun

vao

  1. thread

References