vao

See also: vào, vão, and va'o

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbao̯/

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford
  2. (anatomy) flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)
    Synonyms: illar, illarga
  3. (nautical) space in between two ribs

References

  • “vao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “vao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “vao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “vao” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “vao” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

    Malagasy

    Etymology

    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

    Adjective

    vao

    1. new (recently made or created), novel
    Focus (Voice)
    Agent
    (Active)    		 man-form: manavao
    mi-form: --
    om-form: --
    Patient
    (Passive)    		 vaozina
    alternate: havaozina
    a-form: --
    voa-form: --
    tafa-form: --
    Goal
    (Relative)    		 an-form: avaozana
    i-form: --

    Old Portuguese

    Etymology

    From Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈβa.o/

    Noun

    vao m (plural vaos)

    1. ford; shallow (part of a river shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

    Descendants

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