chau

See also: cháu, châu, chầu, and Châu

Esperanto

Interjection

chau

H-system spelling of ĉaŭ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/

Interjection

chau

Alternative form of tchau

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sursilvan) tgau
(Sutsilvan) tgieu
(Surmiran) tgea
(Puter) cho
(Vallader) cheu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput.

Noun

chau m (plural chaus)

(anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun) head

Synonyms

testa

Spanish

Alternative forms

chao

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello, goodbye”, literally “(your humble) servant”), from 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”). Doublet of esclavo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃau/, [t͡ʃau̯]

Interjection

chau

(Latin America, some parts of Spain) bye, goodbye

Welsh

Verb

chau

Aspirate mutation of cau.

Mutation

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

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