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pau
English
Etymology 1
Noun
pau (plural paus)
- Alternative form of pa (Maori fort)
Etymology 2
From Hawaiian Pidgin English pau, from Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).
Adjective
pau (not comparable)
- (Hawaii) done; over; finished
- 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)
- I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]
- 2004, Mike Ashman, Kaua?i Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s
- When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]
- 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)
Etymology 3
Noun
pau
- (historical) A unit of volume used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints).
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Chinese ?.
Noun
pau
- (Malaysia and Singapore) baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling
Anagrams
- APU, AUP, PUA, UAP, UPA, pua
'Are'are
Noun
pau
- head
References
- Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?paw/
- Rhymes: -aw
Etymology 1
From a variant of Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin p?cem, accusative singular of p?x, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-. Compare Occitan patz, French paix, Spanish paz.
Noun
pau f (plural paus)
- peace
Derived terms
- fer les paus (“to end a quarrel”)
Related terms
- pacífic
- pacificar
- pagar
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pau m (plural paus)
- spotted dragonet (a fish of the species Callionymus maculatus)
Synonyms
- aferrapedres m, aferra-roques m
Etymology 3
Uncertain origin. Sometimes ascribed to Paul, but also as a phonetic reduction of *paup, alternating form of palp (“the act of feeling”).
Adjective
pau (feminine pava, masculine plural paus, feminine plural paves)
- credulous; gullable; rustic
Noun
pau m (plural paus)
- fool; rube
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pao, from Latin p?lus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??- (“attach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?paw/, /?pa??/
Noun
pau m (plural paus)
- stick
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:
- [Et] poserõ perlos muros beesteyros et arque[yro]s muytos et outros, pera deytar quantos et paos agudos metudos en ferros, en guisa que os que se quisesem chegar ao muro nõ podesem escapar de morte
- And they arranged many crossbowmen and bowmen on the walls, to throw stones and sharp sticks inserted in irons, so as the ones who wanted to came near the wall could not escape the death
- [Et] poserõ perlos muros beesteyros et arque[yro]s muytos et outros, pera deytar quantos et paos agudos metudos en ferros, en guisa que os que se quisesem chegar ao muro nõ podesem escapar de morte
- Synonym: vara
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:
- wood (material)
- 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua), page 171:
- 1700, Domingo Blanco (ed.),A Poesía popular en Galicia. Vigo: Serais, p. 124:
- Synonyms: fuste, madeira
- 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua), page 171:
- blow
- Synonyms: golpe, pancada
Derived terms
- pau de cego
References
- “pao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “pao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “pau” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “pau” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pau” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hawaiian
Verb
pau
- (stative) finished, done
- (stative) destroyed
Hawaiian Creole
Etymology
From Hawaiian pau (“finished”).
Verb
pau
- done, finished
Limos Kalinga
Noun
pau
- mango
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pao, from Latin p?lus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??-. CompareSpanish palo, English pole.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?pa?/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?paw/
- Hyphenation: pau
- Rhymes: -aw
Noun
pau m (plural paus)
- stick
- wood
- (slang, vulgar) penis, dick, cock, prick
Derived terms
- paulada
- pau-a-pique
- pau-brasil
- pau-de-arara
- pau-para-toda-obra
- pau-preto
Related terms
- empalar
Descendants
- Swahili: pao, pau
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
pau (n class, plural pau)
- Alternative form of pao
See also
Welsh
Etymology
From Latin p?gus (“district, province”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pa??/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pai?/
Noun
pau f (plural peuoedd)
- (archaic) land, nation
Synonyms
- gwlad
Mutation
West Frisian
Etymology
From Latin p?v? (“peacock”)
Noun
pau c (plural pauwen, diminutive pauke)
- peacock
Further reading
- “pau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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paum
English
Etymology
See palm (“to cheat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??m/, /p??m/
Verb
paum (third-person singular simple present paums, present participle pauming, simple past and past participle paumed)
- (obsolete) To palm off by fraud.
- (obsolete) To cheat at cards.
Anagrams
- Puma, puma, upma
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