ĉaŭ

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

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello; goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello; goodbye”, literally “your humble servant”), from Venetian s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetian S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”).

Interjection

ĉaŭ

(neologism, informal) hello; goodbye

Synonyms

(hello): saluton
(goodbye): adiaŭ

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