"gau" meaning in English

See gau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [kaʊ˨] [Singapore]
Etymology: From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao⁶, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nan-hbl|厚|t=thick|tr=kāu}} Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”), {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{bor|en|nan-tws|厚|t=thick|tr=gao⁶}} Teochew 厚 (gao⁶, “thick”), {{ncog|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gau (not comparable)
  1. (Singapore, colloquial, of coffee) Stronger (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)). Tags: Singapore, colloquial, not-comparable Synonyms: gao Related terms: C, di lo, gah dai, kosong, O, peng, po, siew dai
    Sense id: en-gau-en-adj-zXMaFF1~ Categories (other): Pages using bad params when calling Template:cap, Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 24 29 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 4 5 9 7 7 6 7 7 3 2 0 5 2 1 12 0 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɡaʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gau.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gaus [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} gau (plural gaus)
  1. (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item. Tags: Tibetan Categories (topical): Buddhism Synonyms: ghau
    Sense id: en-gau-en-noun-EVO~bjp2 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} gau
  1. Alternative form of jow (“pre-metric unit of length in India”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jow (extra: pre-metric unit of length in India)
    Sense id: en-gau-en-noun-USNv3z-W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for gau meaning in English (4.5kB)

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