sau
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sau"
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of English Saleman with u as a placeholder.
Symbol
[edit]sau
See also
[edit]Dibiyaso
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau
References
[edit]- transnewguinea.org, citing:
- Daniel Shaw, The Bosavi language family (1986), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 24 (45-76), Pacific linguistics A-70
- G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
- and Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973)
- Bainapi wordlist, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University), issue 24 (1990)
Fiji Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Numeral
[edit]sau
References
[edit]- Fiji Hindi Dictionary
- Moag, Rodney F. (1977), Fiji Hindi: A basic course and reference grammar, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, page 55
Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]sau
- romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿
Hausa
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau m (plural sāwā̀yē, possessed form san)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sàu m (possessed form sàn)
- times (multiplication)
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sau
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]sau
Mizo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Kuki-Chin *saaw.
Adjective
[edit]sau
Further reading
[edit]- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “sau”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer, definite plural sauene)
- sheep
- Synonym: (literary) får
- (figurative) fool, moron, idiot
- Se på den sauen! ― Look at that idiot!
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “sau” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer or sauar, definite plural sauene or sauane)
- a sheep
- (colloquial, derogatory) fool, moron, idiot
- Sjå på den sauen! ― Look at that idiot!
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “sau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- сау (sau) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]sau
Further reading
[edit]- “sau”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
Samoan
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau
Ternate
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sau
- (transitive) to gnaw
- (transitive) to bite
Conjugation
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tosau | fosau | misau | |
| 2nd person | nosau | nisau | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | osau | isau yosau (archaic) | |
| feminine | mosau | |||
| neuter | isau | |||
Etymology 2
[edit]From Malay sahur, from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mon-Khmer *krawʔ. Cognate with Muong khau, Mon တြဴ.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 牢 (MC law) (modern SV: lao) and 娄, alternative form 婁 (MC luw) (modern SV: lâu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaw˧˧] ~ [saw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂa(ː)w˧˧] ~ [sa(ː)w˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Adjective
[edit]- rear, hind, back
- hai chân sau của con chó ― two hind legs of a dog
- next, subsequent
- Lần sau đi cửa trước.
- Next time, use the front door.
Antonyms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Preposition
[edit]sau
Synonyms
[edit]- (behind): đằng sau
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “behind”): trước, đằng trước
- (antonym(s) of “after”): trước
References
[edit]- Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “sau”, in Việt–Việt[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024
Western Cham
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Chamic *ʔasɔw from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu. Cognate with Eastern Cham asau.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sau
- dog (animal)
References
[edit]- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Yola
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sau
References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81
Yosondúa Mixtec
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mixtec *sawiʔ.
Noun
[edit]sau
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 71
Zhuang
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tai *saːwᴬ (“unmarried woman”). Cognate with Thai สาว (sǎao), Lao ສາວ (sāo), Lü ᦉᦱᧁ (ṡaaw), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥝᥲ (sàaw), Shan သၢဝ် (sǎao).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θaːu˨˦/
- Tone numbers: sau1
- Hyphenation: sau
Noun
[edit]sau (Sawndip forms 娋 or 㜖 or 𡠻 or 俏 or 𫰴, 1957–1982 spelling sau)
Adjective
[edit]sau (1957–1982 spelling sau)
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- Mizo terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin
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- Mizo lemmas
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/œʊ̯ː
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- nn:Sheep
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