cau

See also: câu, cầu, cấu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cau m (plural caus)

  1. den; burrow; lair
  2. (by extension) hiding place
  3. (figuratively) sty; hovel

Etymology 2

From the verb caure (“to fall”).

Verb

cau

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of caure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of caure

Kanakanabu

Etymology

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

Noun

cau

  1. person

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kaw.

Noun

(classifier cây, trái) cau

  1. areca

Etymology 2

Verb

cau

  1. to frown
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • cau có

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /kaɨ̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /kai̯/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

cau (first-person singular present caeaf)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut
  2. (transitive) to fasten
  3. (intransitive) to heal, to close
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
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
verbal adjectives caeedig
caeadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
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
Derived terms
  • ar gau (“closed, shut”)
  • cau am (“to enclose, to encircle”)
  • cau ceg (“to keep quiet”)
  • cau llygaid ar (“to turn a blind eye”)
  • cae (“enclosure, field”)
  • caer (“castle, hold”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Cornish kow, Breton kev.

Adjective

cau (feminine singular cau, plural cau, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)

  1. hollow, empty, sunken
  2. (figuratively) false, deceitful
  3. enclosing; shut, closed
Antonyms
  • ceudod (“hollow”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cau gau nghau chau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “cau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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