sau

See also: Sau, SAU, sáu, sâu, său, s-au, sau-, and sầu

Dibiyaso

Noun

sau

1. man

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing:
  • Daniel Shaw, The Bosavi language family (1986), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 24 (45-76), Pacific linguistics A-70
  • G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
  • and Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973)
• Bainapi wordlist, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University), issue 24 (1990)

Fiji Hindi

Numeral

sau

1. hundred

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Moag, Rodney F. (1977) Fiji Hindi: A basic course and reference grammar, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, page 55

Gothic

Romanization

sau

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sau m (plural sāwā̀yē, possessed form san)

1. foot
2. footprint, trace
3. time
4. trip (travel)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sàu m (possessed form sàn)

1. times (multiplication)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sau

1. Clipping of sàkā (“release”) (used before an object).

Japanese

Romanization

sau

1. Rōmaji transcription of さう

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr.

Noun

sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer, definite plural sauene)

1. sheep

   Synonym: (literary) får

2. (figurative) fool, moron, idiot

   Se på den sauen! ― Look at that idiot!

Derived terms

• sauebonde
• sauebruk
• sauegård
• søye

See also

• lam
• vær

References

• “sau” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• saud (pre-1917)

Dialectal forms

• saud’e
• saug
• sø
• sò
• sævv
• Souv (Spydeberg dialect, 1780)

Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœʊ̯ː/
• Rhymes: -œʊ̯ː

Noun

sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer or sauar, definite plural sauene or sauane)

1. a sheep
   1. (uncountable) mutton
2. (colloquial, derogatory) fool, moron, idiot

   Sjå på den sauen! ― Look at that idiot!

Derived terms

• sauebonde
• sauebruk

See also

• får
• lam
• søye
• vêr

References

• “sau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin seu, a form of sīve, and perhaps influenced by Latin aut (Romanian au).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saw]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: s-au

Conjunction

sau

1. or

   Synonym: ori

Samoan

Noun

sau

1. fantail

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.u]

Verb

sau

1. (transitive) to gnaw
2. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of sau

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosau	fosau	misau
2nd person		nosau	nisau
3rd person	masculine	osau	isau yosau (archaic)
	feminine	mosau
	neuter	isau

Etymology 2

From Malay sahur, from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.u]

Noun

sau

1. (Islam) the suhur

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *krawʔ. Cognate with Muong khau, Mon တြဴ.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 牢 (MC law) (modern SV: lao) and 娄, alternative form 婁 (MC luw) (modern SV: lâu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaw˧˧] ~ [saw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂa(ː)w˧˧] ~ [sa(ː)w˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

Adjective

sau • (婁, 差, 牢, 𡢐, 𢖕, 𢖖, 𨍦)

1. rear, hind, back

   hai chân sau của con chó ― two hind legs of a dog

2. next, subsequent

   Lần sau đi cửa trước.

   Next time, use the front door.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “rear”): trước
• (antonym(s) of “next”): trước

Adverb

sau • (婁, 差, 牢, 𡢐, 𢖕, 𢖖, 𨍦)

1. later
2. afterwards

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “later”): trước
• (antonym(s) of “after”): trước

Preposition

sau

1. behind

   Sau nhà có vườn.

   Behind the house is a garden.

2. after

Synonyms

• (behind): đằng sau

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “behind”): trước, đằng trước
• (antonym(s) of “after”): trước

References

• "sau" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Western Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔasɔw from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu. Cognate with Eastern Cham asau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʊ/

Noun

sau

1. dog (animal)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Yola

Verb

sau

1. Alternative form of zee (“to see”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *sawiʔ.

Noun

sau

1. rain

Derived terms

• sau ndɨꞌɨ
• sau xaan

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 71

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *saːwᴬ (“unmarried woman”). Cognate with Thai สาว (sǎao), Lao ສາວ (sāo), Lü ᦉᦱᧁ (ṡaaw), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥝᥲ (sàaw), Shan သၢဝ် (sǎao), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw), 𑜏𑜨𑜧 (sow), 𑜏𑜧𑜤 (sawu), 𑜏𑜧𑜈𑜫 (saww), or 𑜏𑜦𑜡 (sō).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θaːu˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sau¹
• Hyphenation: sau

Noun

sau (Sawndip forms 娋 or 㜖 or 𡠻 or 俏 or 𫰴, 1957–1982 spelling sau)

1. girl; young woman
2. girlfriend

Adjective

sau (1957–1982 spelling sau)

1. beautiful; pretty; attractive