different between dap vs dau

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from the sound made when a person runs while wearing daps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

dap (plural daps)

1. (West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 169:

     I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps.

Verb

dap (third-person singular simple present daps, present participle dapping, simple past and past participle dapped)

1. (Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.

2. (metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.
3. (fishing) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

Etymology 2

US 1971, originally by black soldiers during the Vietnam war, associated with Black Power movement. Originally an elaborate handshake, later specifically a fistbump.

Verb originally give dap. Presumably onomatopoeic, or influenced by tap, dab, etc. Alternatively, from earlier slang usage as abbreviation of dapper. Also explained as an acronym, such as “Dignity for Afro People” or “Dignity And Pride”; this may be a backronym or unrelated, but accords with phrasal use as “give DAP” (compare “give respect”). More speculative etymologies derive it from Vietnamese ??p (“beautiful”), though this is unlikely.

Noun

dap (plural daps)

1. (originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
   • 1971, London Magazine, Volume 11, p. 33:

     ... where many officers look the other way when blacks ‘give dap’ (the power shake) ...

   • 1972, Sepia, Volume 21, p. 80:

     These bloods just give dap just so they won't be called Uncle Toms.

2. A fist bump.

   Synonym: dab

Verb

dap (third-person singular simple present daps, present participle dapping, simple past and past participle dapped)

1. To greet with a dap.

Further reading

• giving dap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English (2009), p. 271

References

Anagrams

• ADP, APD, DPA, PDA, pad

Rawang

Etymology

From Burmese ??? (tap), from Mon ???.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?p??/

Noun

dap

1. army base.
2. army.

Synonyms

• pin
• pindap
• sìl

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dap], [dap?]

Interjection

dap

1. Informal form of da.

Yola

Verb

dap

1. Alternative form of dab

Zhuang

Etymology

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Noun

dap

1. tower

English

Noun

dau

1. (genealogy) Abbreviation of daughter. (often with implied 'of')

   Jane, dau John

Anagrams

• ADU, AUD, Adu, Au.D., Dua, UDA, Uda, aud., du'a', dua

Anus

Noun

dau

1. leaf

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin d?. Compare Daco-Romanian da, dau.

Verb

dau (third-person singular present indicative da, past participle datã)

1. I give.

Related terms

Bonggo

Noun

dau

1. leaf

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Catalan

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Arabic origin, cf. ????????? (?a?d?d), or alternatively from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dare (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Compare French dé, Italian dado, Spanish and Portuguese dado.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?daw/
• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

dau m (plural daus)

1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
2. (castells) vent (position in the pinya)

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog dao.

Noun

dau

1. dao (Dracontomelon dao).

Laboya

Noun

dau

1. year

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) , “dau”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 14

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dauðr

Adjective

dau (masculine and feminine dau, neuter daut, definite singular and plural daue)

1. (dialectal) dead

Alternative forms

• daud, død

References

• “dau” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dau” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Occitan

Alternative forms

• dal, del, deu

Contraction

dau

1. Contraction of de + lo

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?daw]

Verb

dau

1. first-person singular present indicative of da
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of da
3. third-person plural present indicative of da

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dau (ma class, plural madau)

1. a prize pool

Tarpia

Noun

dau

1. leaf

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Tshwa

Noun

dau

1. (Cire-Cire) ash

Verb

dau

1. (Cire-Cire) to burn

References

• Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia K?rtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *d?w, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /da??/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dai?/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /d?i?/

Numeral

dau m (feminine form dwy, triggers soft mutation)

1. two

Mutation

References

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