"khau" meaning in All languages combined

See khau on Wiktionary

SOFT REDIRECT [Hokkien]

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-khau-nan-hbl-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [xaw˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʰaw˧˧] [Huế], [kʰa(ː)w˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} khau, {{vi-noun}} khau
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-khau-vi-noun-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [White Hmong]

IPA: /kʰau̯˧/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmongic *khjɔᶜ (“shoes”), possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese 屨 (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”), though the Sinitic form is not aspirated. Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*khjɔᶜ|t=shoes}} Proto-Hmongic *khjɔᶜ (“shoes”), {{bor+|mww|ltc|-|nocap=1}} borrowed from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|屨|straw sandals}} 屨 (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} khau
  1. shoe, shoes; footwear Tags: classifier

Noun [Zou]

IPA: [kʰāːu̯] Forms: khâu [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khaaw. Cognate with Mizo kháu. Etymology templates: {{inh|zom|tbq-kuk-pro|*khaaw}} Proto-Kuki-Chin *khaaw, {{cog|lus|kháu}} Mizo kháu Head templates: {{head|zom|noun|||||head=khâu|head2=|head3=}} khâu, {{zom-noun|khâu}} khâu
  1. rope
    Sense id: en-khau-zom-noun-~k1Vuf-l Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Zou entries with incorrect language header
{
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "剾"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-khau-nan-hbl-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khau",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khau",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-khau-vi-noun-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xaw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰaw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰa(ː)w˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*khjɔᶜ",
        "t": "shoes"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmongic *khjɔᶜ (“shoes”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "屨",
        "2": "straw sandals"
      },
      "expansion": "屨 (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmongic *khjɔᶜ (“shoes”), possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese 屨 (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”), though the Sinitic form is not aspirated.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "khau",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mww",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "mww:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to wear shoes",
          "text": "rau khau",
          "translation": "to wear shoes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shoe, shoes; footwear"
      ],
      "id": "en-khau-mww-noun-KmaCjR0q",
      "links": [
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "shoes",
          "shoes"
        ],
        [
          "footwear",
          "footwear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰau̯˧/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zom",
        "2": "tbq-kuk-pro",
        "3": "*khaaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin *khaaw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lus",
        "2": "kháu"
      },
      "expansion": "Mizo kháu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khaaw. Cognate with Mizo kháu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khâu",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zom",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "khâu",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khâu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khâu"
      },
      "expansion": "khâu",
      "name": "zom-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "khau"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zou",
  "lang_code": "zom",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zou entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rope"
      ],
      "id": "en-khau-zom-noun-~k1Vuf-l",
      "links": [
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰāːu̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}
{
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "剾"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khau",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khau",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xaw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰaw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰa(ː)w˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*khjɔᶜ",
        "t": "shoes"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmongic *khjɔᶜ (“shoes”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "屨",
        "2": "straw sandals"
      },
      "expansion": "屨 (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmongic *khjɔᶜ (“shoes”), possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese 屨 (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”), though the Sinitic form is not aspirated.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "khau",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
        "White Hmong lemmas",
        "White Hmong nouns",
        "White Hmong terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
        "White Hmong terms derived from Middle Chinese",
        "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmongic",
        "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmongic",
        "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "White Hmong terms with usage examples",
        "mww:Clothing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to wear shoes",
          "text": "rau khau",
          "translation": "to wear shoes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shoe, shoes; footwear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "shoes",
          "shoes"
        ],
        [
          "footwear",
          "footwear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰau̯˧/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zom",
        "2": "tbq-kuk-pro",
        "3": "*khaaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin *khaaw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lus",
        "2": "kháu"
      },
      "expansion": "Mizo kháu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khaaw. Cognate with Mizo kháu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khâu",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zom",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "khâu",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khâu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khâu"
      },
      "expansion": "khâu",
      "name": "zom-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "khau"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zou",
  "lang_code": "zom",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Zou entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zou lemmas",
        "Zou nouns",
        "Zou terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin",
        "Zou terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin",
        "Zou terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rope"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰāːu̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khau"
}

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