chau

chau

1. H-system spelling of ĉaŭ

Borrowed from Italian ciao, from Venetian s-ciao (“slave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaw/

chau

1. goodbye

• adeus (somewhat formal), abur, aburiño (informal), deica logo

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/

chau

1. Alternative form of tchau

• (Sursilvan) tgau
• (Sutsilvan) tgieu
• (Surmiran) tgea
• (Puter) cho
• (Vallader) cheu

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput.

chau m (plural chaus)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun) head

• testa

• chao

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello, goodbye”, literally “(your humble) servant”), from s-ciao, s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetian S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”). Doublet of esclavo.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃau/, [t͡ʃau̯]

chau

1. (Latin America, some parts of Spain) bye, goodbye

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [caw˧˧]

chau (咮, 珠, 罩, 邹, 𠺾, 𤶎, 𥅲)

1. to wrinkle one's brow

chau

1. Aspirate mutation of cau.