vao

See also: vào, vão, va'o, and váó

Estonian

Noun

vao

  1. genitive singular of vagu

Galician
O Vao isthmus connects O Grove to the mainland.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʊ/, /ˈbaw/

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford
  2. sandbar
  3. (anatomy) flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)
    Synonyms: illar, illarga
  4. (nautical) space in between two ribs

Derived terms

References
  • “vao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “vao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “vao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “vao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “vao” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

vao

  1. new (recently made or created), novel
Focus (Voice)
Agent
(Active)		 man-form: manavao
mi-form: --
om-form: --
Patient
(Passive)		 vaozina
alternate: havaozina
a-form: --
voa-form: --
tafa-form: --
Goal
(Relative)		 an-form: avaozana
i-form: --

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation
  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈβa.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈβa.ʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ao

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

  1. ford; shallow (part of a river shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

Derived terms
  • non achar vao

Descendants
  • Galician: vao
  • Portuguese: vau

Further reading

Zou

Noun

vao

  1. thread

References
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