different between tao vs taw

English

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/, /ta?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Proper noun

tao

1. (Chinese philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature, or way to live one's life.

Noun

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)

1. (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.

   Synonym: zen

   the tao of archery

2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

See also

• ananke

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa

Bikol Central

Verb

taó

1. to give

Butuanon

Noun

tao

1. person; human

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?o?/, [?t??o?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?o
• Syllabification: ta?o

Verb

tao

1. inflection of takoa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (dào).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?o/, [?t??o?]
• Rhymes: -?o
• Syllabification: ta?o

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Anagrams

• oat, ota

French

Noun

tao m (plural taos)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?o?]
• Hyphenation: tao
• Rhymes: -o?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin ? (dào, “way, path”).

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Derived terms

• taoista
• taoizmus

Etymology 2

Abbreviation from the name of the act on társasági adó és osztalékadó (“corporate tax and dividend tax”).

Noun

tao

1. Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.

Declension

Derived terms

• taózás
• taózik

References

Ilocano

Noun

tao

1. person
2. human

Italian

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: tà?o

Noun

tao m (invariable)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Derived terms

• taoismo
• taoista

Japanese

Romanization

tao

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta?uq. Compare Indonesian taruh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to]

Noun

tao

1. act, action
2. preparation

Verb

tao

1. to do
2. to prepare, arm, take precautions

Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

tao

1. Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of táo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maori

Noun

tao

1. spear

Samoan

Noun

tao

1. spear

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

tao (ma class, plural matao)

1. arch

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tauo, tau (obsolete)
• tawo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Tagalog tawo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Thao caw, Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, and Motu tau.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?ta.?o/
• Hyphenation: ta?o

Noun

tao

1. human, human being, person, man
2. one of the faces of a coin

   Synonym: tihaya

3. husband
4. a person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker

   Synonyms: bantay, tanod

Related terms

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ta.??o/

Adjective

taó

1. (archaic) mortal

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) tau

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *so? (“I; me”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]

Pronoun

tao • (?, ?, ????)

1. (impolite, familiar, disrepectful or hostile) I/me

   Antonyms: mày, mi

Yami

Noun

tao

1. person; human

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??/
• Homophone: tau

Etymology 1

From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjan? (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to tie to, secure”).

Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
2. (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
3. (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
   1. (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.

Related terms

• tool

Noun

taw

1. (obsolete) Tawed leather.

Derived terms

• tawse

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

taw (plural taws)

1. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
   • 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:^[1]

     Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.

2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
3. (square dancing) A dance partner.

   Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.

4. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

1. To shoot a marble.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• tav
• taf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?/

Noun

taw (plural taws)

1. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.

Translations

Further reading

• taw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.

Alternative forms

• tawe (obsolete)

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

1. To push; to tug; to tow.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ATW, AWT, TWA, Twa, WAT, WTA, Wat, wat

Ili Turki

Noun

taw

1. mountain

References

• Zhào Xi?ngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.

Tatar

Noun

taw

1. mountain

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *t?ti (“to be (stative)”) (compare Old Irish at·tá, Irish tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ta?u?/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /tau?/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ta/, /t?/

Conjunction

taw

1. (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
   • 1990, Y Faner, p. 8:

Synonyms

• (formal) (North Wales, colloquial) mai

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tawsos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh?ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit ???????? (t????m, “silently”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ta?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tau?/

Noun

taw m (uncountable)

1. silence

Derived terms

• distaw (“quiet, silent”)
• rhoi taw ar (“to silence”)

Etymology 3

Verb

taw

1. second-person singular imperative of tewi

Mutation

References

Wolof

Verb

taw

1. to rain