hau

hau

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hausa.

hau

1. stone

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

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hau̯/ [hau̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /au̯/ [au̯]
• Rhymes: -au̯
• Hyphenation: hau

From Proto-Basque *(h)aur. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)on-.

hau (postposed, demonstrative)

1. this

hau (demonstrative)

1. this one

hau

1. Third-person singular (hark), taking informal second-person singular (hi) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

• “hau”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “hau”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

hau

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

From Middle High German houwe, from Old High German houwa, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwǭ, from *hawwaną (“to hew, chop; to forge”). Cognate with German Haue.

hau f (plural haung)

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) spade, shovel

• hauan

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “hau” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑu̯/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑu
• Syllabification^(key): hau

hau

1. arf, bark, woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

• vuh

• “hau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Audio:

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hau

1. singular imperative of hauen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hauen

• IPA^(key): /hâu/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hâu]

hâu m (possessed form hâun)

1. misfortune, being bewitched

• IPA^(key): /ˈhau̯/, [ˈhɐw], [ˈhɔw] (rapid speech)

From Proto-Polynesian *sau.

hau

1. cool/cold, dew, ice, snow

• ʻĀina Hau (“Land of Ice, Iceland”)
• hauʻoki (“white ice, snow”)
• hauʻoki (“cut ice, frost”)
• poke hau (“sliced ice, ice cubes”)

From Proto-Polynesian *fau, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

hau

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

• hauhana

hau

1. to strike

• hāuna

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

hau

1. Rōmaji transcription of はう

hau

1. water

• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

• IPA^(key): /haw/

hau

1. that

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hau̯/, [häu̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯/, [äːu̯]

hau (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of haud

• au

hau

1. Expressing pain or grief; oh! ah! ow! ouch!!

• “hau”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hau”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

hau

1. sloth

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 23, 258

hau

1. essence
2. ceremonial offering of food to an atua
3. a present given in return for another gift
4. wind, breeze, breath
5. air
6. excess
7. external angle, corner, obtuse angle

hau

1. to be heard
2. to spread news
3. to exceed

hau

1. famous

• hau kāinga (home, true home, local people of a marae, home people, locals)
• hau maiangi (south wind)
• hau mākato (northeast wind)
• hau paora (golf, to play golf)
• hau pūkeri (strong wind)
• hau raki, hauraki (north wind)
• hau takiwā (air)
• hau tonga, hautonga (south wind)
• putanga hau (vent, flue)
• whāngai hau (ceremonial offering of food to an atua)

• matangi (wind, breeze)

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

hau!

1. used to express fear, rejection, and so on
2. used to express optimism

hau m

1. eye dialect spelling of haug

hau n (definite singular hauet, indefinite plural hau, definite plural haua)

1. (dialectal) alternative spelling of haud (“head”)
   • 1978, Dagmar Blix, Vanja, Trondheim: Rune, page 24:

     Men det såg ut som han hadde fått eit hardt slag på sia av hauet.

     But it looked as though he had taken a hard blow on the side of his head.

   • 1979, Edvard Hoem, Der storbåra bryt, Oslo: Det norske samlaget, page 18:

     "Då hadde du vore eit hau kortare, far."

     "Then you'd be a head shorter, father."

• “hau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Cognate with Thai เรา (rao), Lao ເຮົາ (hao).

hau

1. we, us

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaw/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: hau
• Homophone: chał

hau

1. woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

• hau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.u/
• Hyphenation: ha‧u

hau

1. string, cord

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 183
• “hau”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[4], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /haw/

hau!

1. woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

• ham

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

hau

1. tree
2. wood

• Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 89.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʲa.u]
• Hyphenation: ha‧u

From Proto-Polynesian *saqu. Cognates include Tuvaluan sau and Samoan sau.

hau (plural ōmai or ōmamai)

1. (intransitive) to come
2. (intransitive, + mai) to come from

   E hau au mai Tokelau. ― I'm from Tokelau.

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-qa-u.

hau

1. (alienable, indefinite) thy, your

From Proto-Polynesian *sau. Cognates include Hawaiian hau and Samoan sau.

hau

1. dew

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 289

hau (plural haukin)

1. plant (organism capable of photosynthesis)

• (a tree or plant which lives): hau’amoni; hau’amoni sin, hau’amoên sin pl
• (the living tree or plant): hauhônês; hauhônês sin -> hauhôênsin, hauhôên kin pl

From earlier *yau < *iau, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

• IPA^(key): /ɣau/

hau

1. I

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

• IPA^(key): /hau̯˧/

From Proto-Hmong *hu̯eiᶜ (“to boil (transitive)”).^[1]

hau

1. to boil (something in water or in liquid)

   hau zaub ― to boil vegetables

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *S-phreiX (“head”).^[1]

hau (classifier: lub)

1. the head

hau (classifier: tus)

1. leader, head person

hau (classifier: lub)

1. a lid, a cover

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 49-50.

From Proto-Tai *xaːwᴬ (“white”). Cognate with Thai ขาว (kǎao), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຂາວ (khāo), Lü ᦃᦱᧁ (ẋaaw), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ် (khǎao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥝᥴ (xáaw), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw) or 𑜁𑜧𑜨 (khawo), Bouyei haaul, Saek ห่าว.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /haːu˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hau¹
• Hyphenation: hau

hau (1957–1982 spelling hau)

1. white