"wau" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /wau̯/ Forms: واو [Jawi], wau-wau [plural], wau² [plural]
Rhymes: -au̯ Etymology: From Thai ว่าว (wâao). Cognate with Pattani Malay وا (wa). Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|th|ว่าว}} Thai ว่าว (wâao), {{cog|mfa|وا|tr=wa}} Pattani Malay وا (wa) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=واو}} wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau or wau²)
  1. kite (flying toy on string) Hypernyms: layang-layang
    Sense id: en-wau-ms-noun-4Nk07b49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wau̯/ Forms: واو [Jawi], wau-wau [plural], wau² [plural]
Rhymes: -au̯ Etymology: From Arabic وَاو (wāw). Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|ar|وَاو}} Arabic وَاو (wāw) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=واو}} wau (Jawi spelling واو, plural wau-wau or wau²)
  1. The name of the twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و
    Sense id: en-wau-ms-noun-6LkCWPeV
  2. The name of the thirtieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in Arabic script: و
    Sense id: en-wau-ms-noun-ywedCOi6 Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 5 14 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 8 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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