# cau
## Translingual
### Symbol

cau
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Caucasian languages.

## Asturian
### Noun

cau m (plural caos)
* Alternative spelling of cabu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkaw]
* Rhymes: -aw

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

#### Noun

cau m (plural caus)
* den; burrow; lair
* (by extension) hiding place
* (figuratively) sty; hovel

##### Derived terms

* a cau d'orella

##### Related terms

* cavar
* cavitat
* còncau
* excavar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cau
* inflection of caure:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Chinese
### Etymology

From clipping of English caution.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ko$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ko$^1$
*** Yale: kō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ko$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ko$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔː⁵⁵/

### Verb

cau
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to caution (especially in a legal process)

#### Derived terms

* cau文

### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## Kanakanabu
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognates with Tagalog tao, Cebuano tawo.

### Noun

cau
* person

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin cavus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gascony):(file)

### Adjective

cau m (feminine singular cava, masculine plural caus, feminine plural cavas)
* hollow

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [kaw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [kaw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ka(ː)w˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kaw.

#### Noun

(classifier cây, trái) cau • (榚, 槁, 槔, 橰, 构)
* areca
    Synonym: nang

##### Derived terms

* trầu cau

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

cau • (皋, 皐, 󰎹)
* to frown

##### Derived terms

* cau có

## Welsh
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).

#### Alternative forms

* caeu (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /kaɨ̯/
* (South Wales) IPA: /kai̯/
* Rhymes: -aɨ̯

#### Verb

cau (first-person singular present caeaf)
* (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut
* (transitive) to fasten
* (intransitive) to heal, to close

##### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | caeaf | caei | cae | caewn | caewch | caeant | caeir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | caewn | caeit | caeai | caeem | caeech | caeent | caeid |
| preterite | caeais | caeaist | caeodd | caeasom | caeasoch | caeasant | caewyd |
| pluperfect | caeaswn | caeasit | caeasai | caeasem | caeasech | caeasent | caeasid, caeesid |
| present subjunctive | caewyf | caeych | caeo | caeom | caeoch | caeont | caeer |
| imperative | — | cau, caea | caeed | caewn | caewch | caeent | caeer |
| verbal noun | cau | cau | cau | cau | cau | cau | cau |
| verbal adjectives | caeedig caeadwy | caeedig caeadwy | caeedig caeadwy | caeedig caeadwy | caeedig caeadwy | caeedig caeadwy | caeedig caeadwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | caea i, caeaf i | caei di | caeith o/e/hi, caeiff e/hi | caewn ni | caewch chi | caean nhw |
| conditional | caewn i, caeswn i | caeet ti, caeset ti | caeai fo/fe/hi, caesai fo/fe/hi | caeen ni, caesen ni | caeech chi, caesech chi | caeen nhw, caesen nhw |
| preterite | caeais i, caees i | caeaist ti, caeest ti | caeodd o/e/hi | caeon ni | caeoch chi | caeon nhw |
| imperative | — | caea | — | — | caewch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||

##### Antonyms

* agor

##### Derived terms

* adeg cau (“closing time”)
* ar gau (“closed, shut”)
* cau am (“to enclose, to encircle”)
* cau ceg (“to keep quiet”)
* cau llygaid ar (“to turn a blind eye”)
* dyddiad cau (“closing date”)

##### Related terms

* cae (“enclosure, field”)
* caer (“castle, hold”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus.

#### Pronunciation

* (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA: /kaɨ̯/
* (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA: /kai̯/
** (South Wales, colloquial) IPA: /kɔi̯/

#### Adjective

cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)
* hollow, empty, sunken
* (figuratively) false, deceitful
* enclosing; shut, closed

##### Antonyms

* solet (“solid”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* 1 2 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies