vau

vau (plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav

• AUV, UAV, UVA, uva

vau

1. (auxiliary verb, taking an infinitive) second-person plural indicative form of anar

vau

1. wow!

• vautsi

• avu

An onomatopoeia.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒu]
• Hyphenation: vau

vau

1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

• ugat

From Hebrew וָו‎ (waw).

• IPA^(key): /vau̯/, [väu̯]
• Stress: vàu
• Hyphenation: vau

vau m or f (invariable)

1. waw, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ו

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

vau

1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

   vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza ― woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling

From Old Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/

vau m (plural vaus)

1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)
2. shoal

• (shoal, sandbank): parcel, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte

• vadear
• vadoso

vau

1. I, me