different between gaup vs gau

English

Alternative forms

• galp

Verb

gaup (third-person singular simple present gaups, present participle gauping, simple past and past participle gauped)

1. (Tyneside) To stare, gape.

   "Divint gaup at hor, she'll knaa ye fancy ha"

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Anagrams

• Puga, guap

English

Alternative forms

• ghau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophone: Gow

Noun

gau (plural gaus)

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

Anagrams

• AGU, Aug, Aug., GUA, UGA, aug

Basque

Alternative forms

• gai

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?au/

Noun

gau inan

1. night

Declension

Derived terms

French

Alternative forms

• gaut, go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

gau m (plural gaux)

1. (slang) louse

Kalo Finnish Romani

Noun

gau m

1. village

Derived terms

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-k?w. Cognates include Sichuan Yi ? (ggu) and Burmese ???? (kui:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aw/, [??w]

Numeral

gau

1. nine

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language?^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University.

Latin

Etymology

Poetic clipping of gaudium. Attributed to Ennius (circa 200 B.C.E.) by the poet Ausonius in his catalogue of monosyllabic Latin words, never attested directly.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?au?/, [?äu?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?au?/, [??u?]

Noun

gau n (indeclinable) (archaic, poetic, hapax)

1. Clipping of gaudium (“joy”).
   • c. 310 C.E. – c. 395 C.E., Ausonius, Technopaegnion 144:

     Ennius ut memorat, repleat te laetificum gau.

     As Ennius says, may gladdening joy fill you.

Declension

Indeclinable noun.

References

• gau in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “gau” in volume VI 2, column 1701, line 34 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Low German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch gauw (“quickly”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??/

Adjective

gau

1. quick

Niuean

Verb

gau

1. chew

Derived terms

• gagau

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gauð.

Noun

gau n (definite singular gauet, indefinite plural gau, definite plural gaua)

1. a bark
2. (collective) barking
3. noise

Derived terms

• gaua, gaue (verb)

References

• “gau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• aug, aug., uga

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian g?, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay.

Adverb

gau

1. quickly; swiftly
2. soon; at once

Welsh

Etymology 1

Cognate with Cornish gow, Breton gaou.

Adjective

gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf)

1. false, fake

   Synonym: ffals

Derived terms

• euog (“guilty”)

Mutation

Etymology 2

Mutated form of cau (“to close”).

Verb

gau

1. Soft mutation of cau.

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian g?, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz.

Adverb

gau

1. quickly

   Synonym: rap

2. soon

Further reading

• “gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011