gau
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊ
Noun
gau (plural gaus)
- (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.
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): /ɡaʊ̯/
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay.
Welsh
Adjective
gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf)
Derived terms
- euog (“guilty”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gau | au | ngau | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Etymology 2
Mutated form of cau (“to close”).
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz.
Further reading
- “gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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