fau

See also: fa'u

Hausa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fáu/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸáu]

Ideophone

fau

  1. (of a thing or action) extreme

Middle English

Noun

fau

  1. Alternative form of fou

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fau (“beech”), from Latin fagus.

Noun

fau m (plural faus)

  1. (Jersey) beech tree

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fagus.

Noun

fau

  1. beech

Descendants
  • Gallo: faeu
  • Norman: fau (Jersey)

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Cognate with Malay baru and Hawaiian hau.

Noun

fau

  1. cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
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