Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Eräitä keskeisiä äännevaihteluja”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani][3] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 10, 2022, page 12
Lashi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d/s-kəw. Cognates include Nuosuꈬ(ggu) and Burmeseကိုး(kui:).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡaw/, [ɡɔw]
Numeral
gau
nine
References
Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University.
Latin
Etymology
Poetic clipping of gaudium. Attributed to Ennius (circa 200 BCE) by the poet Ausonius in his catalogue of monosyllabic Latin words, never attested directly.
c. 310 CE – c. 395 CE, Ausonius, Technopaegnion 144:
Ennius ut memorat, repleat te laetificum gau.
As Ennius says, may gladdening joy fill you.
Declension
Indeclinable noun.
References
“gau”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
gau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“gau” in volume 6, part 2, column 1701, line 34 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Low German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*ganhuz, *ganhwaz(“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutchgauw(“quickly”), Germanjäh(“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.
From Old Frisiangā, from Proto-Germanic*ganhuz. More at gay.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɣaːu̯/
Hyphenation: gau
Rhymes: -aːu̯
Adverb
gau
quickly; swiftly
soon; at once
Welsh
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic*gāwā-(“falsehood, lie”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European*gʰeH₂u-(“to be faulty, at fault, lacking”). Cognate with Cornishgow, Bretongaou; outside of Celtic, compare Latinhaud(“scarcely, hardly”), Avestan𐬔𐬀𐬎(gau, “to commit a sin; to promote”).
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies