# dau
## English
### Alternative forms

* dau.

### Noun

dau
* (genealogy) Abbreviation of daughter. (often with implied 'of')
    Jane, dau John

### See also

* dau miu

### Anagrams

* ADU, Uda, AUD, du'a', aud, Dua, Au.D., dua, UDA, Adu, aud., Aud

## Anus
### Noun

dau
* leaf

### References

* George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

## Aromanian
### Etymology 1

From Latin dō. Compare Daco-Romanian da, dau.

#### Verb

dau first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative da, past participle datã)
* to give

##### Related terms

* apudau
* dari, dare
* dat
* dãderi
* dãtor, dator
* dãtãtor
* dãtãturã
* prudau

### Etymology 2

Feminine form of doi. From Latin duae, nominative feminine of duo.

#### Alternative forms

* dao, dauã, doauã

#### Numeral

dau f (masculine doi)
* two

## Bonggo
### Noun

dau
* leaf

### References

* George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

## Catalan
### Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Arabic origin, cf. أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād), or alternatively from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dare (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Compare French dé, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese dado.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

dau m (plural daus)
* die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
* (castells) vent (position in the pinya)

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

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

### Ideophone

dàu
* (of a hue) deep

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Compare Tagalog dao.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəˈu/ [dəˈu]
* Hyphenation: da‧u

### Noun

dau
* dao (Dracontomelon dao)

## Laboya
### Noun

dau
* year
    dau kalangngana ― last year
    dau ta aro ― next year

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “dau”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 14

## Lhao Vo
### Etymology

Cognate with Burmese တူ (tu, “hammer”).

### Noun

dau
* hammer

### References

* Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse dauðr.

### Adjective

dau (masculine and feminine dau, neuter daut, definite singular and plural daue)
* (dialectal) dead

#### Alternative forms

* daud, død

### References

* “dau” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “dau” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* dua

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* dal, del, deu

### Contraction

dau
* Contraction of de + lo

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaw/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aw
* Hyphenation: dau

### Verb

dau
* inflection of da:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

dau class V (plural madau class VI)
* dhow (traditional sailing vessel)

#### References

* Martin Walsh (2020) “Sewn boats of the Swahili coast: The mtepe and the dau reconsidered”, in Kenya Past and Present, number 47, pages 23-32

#### Further reading

* Bob Holtzman (2009 June 24) “What's a Dhow?”, in Indigenous Boats‎

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

#### Noun

dau class V (plural madau class VI)
* a prize pool

## Tarpia
### Noun

dau
* leaf

### References

* George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

## Tshwa
### Noun

dau
* (Cire-Cire) ash

### Verb

dau
* (Cire-Cire) to burn

### References

* Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dow, from Proto-Celtic *duwo, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /daɨ̯/
* (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA: /dai̯/
** (South Wales, colloquial) IPA: /dɔi̯/
* Rhymes: -aɨ̯

### Numeral

dau m (feminine dwy) (triggers soft mutation)
* (cardinal number) two

#### Usage notes

In compounds, generally takes the form deu-:
    ‎dau + ‎deg (“ten”) → ‎deuddeg (“twelve”).
    ‎dau + ‎pegwn (“pole”) → ‎deubegwn (“bipolar”).

#### Derived terms

* deuaidd (“binary”)
* deuol (“dual”)
* deusain (“diphthong”)

### Noun

dau (plural deuoedd)
* two
    Synonyms: cwpl, pâr

#### Derived terms

* yn ddau a dau (“two by two”)
* yn ddeuoedd (“in twos, in pairs”)

### Mutation

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

### References

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