# sau
## Dibiyaso
### Noun

sau
* 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
* 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
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿

## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sáu/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sáu]

#### Noun

sau m (plural sāwā̀yē, possessed form san)
* foot
* footprint, trace
* time
* trip (travel)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sàu/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sàu]

#### Noun

sàu m (possessed form sàn)
* times (multiplication)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sáu/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sáu]

#### Verb

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

sau
* Rōmaji transcription of さう

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr.

### Noun

sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer, definite plural sauene)
* sheep
    Synonym: (literary) får
* (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)
* saud’e
* saug
* sø
* sò
* sævv
* Souv (Spydeberg dialect, 1780)

### Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sœʊ̯ː/
* Rhymes: -œʊ̯ː

### Noun

sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer or sauar, definite plural sauene or sauane)
* a sheep
** (uncountable) mutton
* (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: [saw]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: s-au

### Conjunction

sau
* or
    Synonym: ori

## Samoan
### Noun

sau
* fantail

## Ternate
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsa.u]

#### Verb

sau
* (transitive) to gnaw
* (transitive) to bite

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Malay sahur, from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsa.u]

#### Noun

sau
* (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: [saw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʂaw˧˧] ~ [saw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʂa(ː)w˧˧] ~ [sa(ː)w˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Adjective

sau • (婁, 差, 牢, 𡢐, 𢖕, 𢖖, 𨍦)
* rear, hind, back
    hai chân sau của con chó ― two hind legs of a dog
* 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)
* later
* afterwards

#### Antonyms

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

### Preposition

sau
* behind
    Sau nhà có vườn.Behind the house is a garden.
* 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: /saʊ/

### Noun

sau
* 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
* 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
* 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)‎ (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: /θaːu˨˦/
* Tone numbers: sau$^1$
* Hyphenation: sau

### Noun

sau (Sawndip forms 娋 or 㜖 or 𡠻 or 俏 or 𫰴, 1957–1982 spelling sau)
* girl; young woman
* girlfriend

### Adjective

sau (1957–1982 spelling sau)
* beautiful; pretty; attractive