dau

Noun

dau

1. (genealogy) daughter (often with implied 'of')

   Jane, dau John

2. (online services) Daily active users.

Anagrams

• AUD, Adu, Au.D., Dua, UDA, aud., du'a', dua

Noun

dau

1. 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)

Etymology

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

Verb

dau (third-person singular present indicative da, past participle datã)

1. I give.

Noun

dau

1. 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)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Arabic origin, cf. أَعْدَاد‎ (ʾaʿdād), 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 dado, Spanish and Portuguese dado.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

dau m (plural daus)

1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)

Alternative forms

• dal, del, deu

Contraction

dau

1. Contraction of de + lo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdau]

Verb

dau

1. first-person singular present indicative of da.
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of da.
3. third-person plural present indicative of da.

Noun

dau

1. 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)

Noun

dau

1. (Cire-Cire) ash

Verb

dau

1. (Cire-Cire) to burn

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dọw, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /daɨ̯/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /dai̯/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /dɔi̯/

Numeral

dau m (feminine form dwy, triggers soft mutation)

1. (cardinal) two

Mutation