vao

vao

See also: vào, vão, va'o, and váó

Estonian

Noun

vao

1. genitive singular of vagu

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Galician

O Vao isthmus connects O Grove to the mainland.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbao̯/

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

• Bao
• Vao
• Vaos

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.

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Malagasy

Etymology

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

Adjective

vao

1. new (recently made or created), novel

Related terms

	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: --

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβa.u/

Noun

vao m (plural vaos)

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

Descendants

• Galician: vao
• Portuguese: vau

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Zou

Noun

vao

1. thread

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf