gau

• ghau

• Rhymes: -aʊ

gau (plural gaus)

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

• AGU, Aug, Aug., GUA, UGA, aug

• gai

1545; from Proto-Basque *gab-.

gau

1. night

• gaut, go

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/

gau m (plural gaux)

1. (slang) louse

gau m

1. village

From Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch gauw (“quickly”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊ̯/

gau

1. quick

gau

1. chew

• gagau

From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay.

gau

1. quickly; swiftly
2. soon; at once

Cognate with Cornish gow, Breton gaou.

gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf)

1. false, fake

   Synonym: ffals

• euog (“guilty”)

Mutated form of cau (“to close”).

gau

1. Soft mutation of cau.

From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz.

gau

1. quickly

   Synonym: rap

2. soon

• “gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011