"kau" meaning in Fijian

See kau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Central-Pacific *kayu, from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*kayu}} Proto-Oceanic *kayu, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*kahiw}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, {{cog|ms|kayu}} Malay kayu, {{inh|fj|map-pro|*kaSiw}} Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw Head templates: {{head|fj|noun}} kau
  1. tree
    Sense id: en-kau-fj-noun-3Jxe24st Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Plants Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Plants: 33 33 33
  2. wood
    Sense id: en-kau-fj-noun-mfeFXreJ Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Plants Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Plants: 33 33 33
  3. stick
    Sense id: en-kau-fj-noun-j1PdkUzt Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Plants Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Plants: 33 33 33
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*kayu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *kayu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*kahiw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "kayu"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kayu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*kaSiw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *kayu, from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kau",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "fj:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree"
      ],
      "id": "en-kau-fj-noun-3Jxe24st",
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "fj:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wood"
      ],
      "id": "en-kau-fj-noun-mfeFXreJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "fj:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-kau-fj-noun-j1PdkUzt",
      "links": [
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kau"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Fijian lemmas",
    "Fijian nouns",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fj:Plants"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*kayu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *kayu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*kahiw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "kayu"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kayu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*kaSiw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *kayu, from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kau",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kau"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Fijian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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