# hau
## Translingual
### Symbol

hau
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hausa.

## 'Are'are
### Noun

hau
* stone

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hau̯/ [hau̯]
* IPA: (Southern) /au̯/ [au̯]
* Rhymes: -au̯
* Hyphenation: hau

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *(h)aur. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)on-.

#### Determiner

hau (postposed, demonstrative)
* this

##### Declension

$^1$ Only used in certain expressions.

#### Pronoun

hau (demonstrative)
* this one

##### Declension

$^1$ Only used in certain expressions.

#### Derived terms

* hau da (“that is”)
* hau edo bestea (“this or that”)
* hau edo hori (“this or that”)
* hau edo hura (“this or that”)
* hau eta bestea (“this or that”)
* hau eta hau (“this or that”)
* hau eta hura (“this or that”)
* hau marka
* hauxe (“this”) (emphatic)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hau
* Third-person singular (hark), taking informal second-person singular (hi) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.

##### Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

### Further reading

* “hau”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “hau”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Verb

hau
* inflection of haver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of heure:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German houwe, from Old High German houwa, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwǭ, from *hawwaną (“to hew, chop; to forge”). Cognate with German Haue.

### Noun

hau f (plural haung)
* (Luserna, Sette Comuni) spade, shovel

#### Related terms

* hauan

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
* “hau” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Finnish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑu̯/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑu
* Hyphenation: hau

### Interjection

hau
* arf, bark, woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

#### See also

* vuh

### Further reading

* “hau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hau
* singular imperative of hauen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of hauen

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

hâu m (possessed form hâun)
* misfortune, being bewitched

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhau̯/, [ˈhɐw], [ˈhɔw] (rapid speech)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *sau.

#### Noun

hau
* cool/cold, dew, ice, snow

##### Derived terms

* ʻĀina Hau (“Land of Ice, Iceland”)
* hauʻoki (“white ice, snow”)
* hauʻoki (“cut ice, frost”)
* poke hau (“sliced ice, ice cubes”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *fau, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

#### Noun

hau
* sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

##### Derived terms

* hauhana

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

hau
* to strike

##### Derived terms

* hāuna

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Japanese
### Romanization

hau
* Rōmaji transcription of はう

## Kumzari
### Noun

hau
* water

### References

* Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈhai̯/, [ˈhäi̯]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈaj/, [ˈäj]

### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

hau (not comparable)
* Alternative form of haud

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* au

#### Interjection

hau
* Expressing pain or grief; oh! ah! ow! ouch!!

### References

* “hau”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “hau”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* hau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Lokono
### Noun

hau
* sloth

### References

* de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 23, 258

## Maori
### Noun

hau
* essence
* ceremonial offering of food to an atua
* a present given in return for another gift
* wind, breeze, breath
* air
* excess
* external angle, corner, obtuse angle

### Verb

hau
* to be heard
* to spread news
* to exceed

### Adjective

hau
* famous

### Derived terms

* hau kāinga (home, true home, local people of a marae, home people, locals)
* hau maiangi (south wind)
* hau mākato (northeast wind)
* hau paora (golf, to play golf)
* hau pūkeri (strong wind)
* hau raki, hauraki (north wind)
* hau takiwā (air)
* hau tonga, hautonga (south wind)
* putanga hau (vent, flue)
* whāngai hau (ceremonial offering of food to an atua)

### Synonyms

* matangi (wind, breeze)

### References

* “hau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Interjection

hau!
* used to express fear, rejection, and so on
* used to express optimism

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

hau m
* eye dialect spelling of haug

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hau n (definite singular hauet, indefinite plural hau, definite plural haua)
* (dialectal) alternative spelling of haud (“head”)
** 1978, Dagmar Blix, Vanja, Trondheim: Rune, page 24:Men det såg ut som han hadde fått eit hardt slag på sia av hauet.But it looked as though he had taken a hard blow on the side of his head.
** 1979, Edvard Hoem, Der storbåra bryt, Oslo: Det norske samlaget, page 18:"Då hadde du vore eit hau kortare, far.""Then you'd be a head shorter, father."

### References

* “hau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Nùng
### Etymology

Cognate with Thai เรา (rao), Lao ເຮົາ (hao).

### Pronoun

hau
* we, us

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxaw/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aw
* Syllabification: hau
* Homophone: chał

### Interjection

hau
* woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

### Further reading

* hau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Rapa Nui
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈha.u/
* Hyphenation: ha‧u

### Noun

hau
* string, cord

#### Derived terms

* kōhau

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 183
* “hau”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haw/

### Interjection

hau!
* woof (the sound a barking dog makes)

### See also

* ham

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

### Noun

hau
* tree
* wood

### References

* Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 89.

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhʲa.u]
* Hyphenation: ha‧u

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *saqu. Cognates include Tuvaluan sau and Samoan sau.

#### Verb

hau (plural ōmai or ōmamai)
* (intransitive) to come
* (intransitive, + mai) to come from
    E hau au mai Tokelau. ― I'm from Tokelau.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-qa-u.

#### Determiner

hau
* (alienable, indefinite) thy, your

##### See also

$^{1)}$ Sympathetic

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *sau. Cognates include Hawaiian hau and Samoan sau.

#### Noun

hau
* dew

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 289

## Uab Meto
### Noun

hau (plural haukin)
* plant (organism capable of photosynthesis)

#### Synonyms

* (a tree or plant which lives): hau’amoni; hau’amoni sin, hau’amoên sin pl
* (the living tree or plant): hauhônês; hauhônês sin -> hauhôênsin, hauhôên kin pl

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From earlier *yau < *iau, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣau/

### Pronoun

hau
* I

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hau̯˧/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *hu̯eiᶜ (“to boil (transitive)”).
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps related to npau (“to boil (transitive)”) somehow, via morphologically-induced consonantal changes?”

#### Verb

hau
* to boil (something in water or in liquid)
    hau zaub ― to boil vegetables

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *S-phreiX (“head”).

#### Noun

hau (classifier: lub)
* the head

##### Derived terms

* do do hau (“baldheaded, bald”)
* hau pliaj (“the forehead”)
* hau xaws (“the fontanelle on the head of a young child”)
* ncaws hau (“to nod the head”)
* nyo hau (“to bow the head”)
* plaub hau (“hair of the head”)
* taub hau (“the head”)
* the head of the mountain, mountaintop

#### Noun

hau (classifier: tus)
* leader, head person

##### Derived terms

* hau rog (“the leader of the group that circles the house in mock battle at a funeral”)
* hau zos (“the headman of a village”)

### Etymology 3

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic shift from Etymology 2, or some other origin? Is this perhaps a Sinitic borrowing? Looks vaguely like 被 (bèi) or 蓋／盖 (gài).”

#### Noun

hau (classifier: lub)
* a lid, a cover

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 49-50.
* 1 2 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 274.

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xaːwᴬ (“white”). Cognate with Thai ขาว (kǎao), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຂາວ (khāo), Lü ᦃᦱᧁ (ẋaaw), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ် (khǎao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥝᥴ (xáaw), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw) or 𑜁𑜧𑜨 (khawo), Bouyei haaul, Saek ห่าว.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /haːu˨˦/
* Tone numbers: hau$^1$
* Hyphenation: hau

### Adjective

hau (Sawndip forms 𭽑 or 𰤘 or ⿺色号 or ⿺色好 or 䒵 or ⿺辶好 or 皓 or 皎｜⿳亠口⿱冖白 or ⿺色孝 or 耗, 1957–1982 spelling hau)
* white