# wau
## English
### Etymology

From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/⁠wau̯⁠/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Doublet of vav and waw.

### Noun

wau (plural waus)
* Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

#### See also

* Appendix:Greek alphabet
* Archaic Greek alphabet:
    Previous: epsilon (Ε)
    Next: zeta (Ζ)

### Anagrams

* Uwa, UAW

## Anjam
### Noun

wau
* garden

### References

* Robert Rucker, Anjam Organised Phonology Data (2000), p. 2

## Dutch
### Etymology

From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/⁠wau̯⁠/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Doublet of waw.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

wau n (plural waus, diminutive wautje n)
* wau (archaic Greek letter)
    Synonym: digamma

### Further reading

* digamma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaʊ̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊ̯

### Interjection

wau
* woof (sound of a dog)
    Synonym: wuff

#### Derived terms

* wauen
* Wau n or m
* Wauwau m

## Hausa
### Etymology

From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

wau f (possessed form wan)
* waw (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwau̯/, [ˈʋɐw], [ˈʋɔw] (rapid speech)

### Pronoun

wau
* Alternative form of au

#### See also
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay wau, from Classical Malay واو (wau), from Thai ว่าว (wâao).

### Noun

wau (plural)
* kite (flying toy on string)
    Synonym: layang-layang

### Further reading

* “wau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

wau
* Romanization of ꦮꦲꦸ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wau̯/
* Rhymes: -au̯

### Etymology 1

From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Pattani Malay وا (wa).

#### Noun

wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)
* kite (flying toy on string)
    Hypernym: layang-layang

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: wau

### Etymology 2

From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

#### Noun

wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau, informal 1st possessive wauku, 2nd possessive waumu, 3rd possessive waunya)
* The name of the twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و
* The name of the thirtieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in Arabic script: و

### Further reading

* “wau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Marshallese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Oʻahu or Oahu, from Hawaiian Oʻahu, named because the missionaries who introduced the Mother Hubbard dress to the Marshall Islands came from Oʻahu.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [wɑːu], (enunciated) [wɑ wu]
* (phonemic) IPA: /wæɰwiw/
* Bender phonemes: {wahwiw}

### Noun

wau
* a Mother Hubbard dress

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Middle English
### Noun

wau
* Alternative form of wawe

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew וו.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwau/ [ˈwau̯]
* Rhymes: -au
* Syllabification: wau

### Noun

wau m (plural waus)
* the sound /w/ (labiovelar approximant) or /u̯/ (non-syllabic /u/)

### Further reading

* “wau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10