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{{also|pa'u|Pau}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|2&3|Palauan language|Palauan}}

===See also===
* {{langcat|pau}}

==English==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{alternative form of|en|pa||Maori fort}}

===Etymology 2===
From [[wikipedia:Hawaiian Pidgin|Hawaiian Pidgin English]] ''pau'', from {{bor|en|haw|pau||[[done]], [[finished]]}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|Hawaii}} [[done]]; [[over]]; [[finished]]
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=Armine Von Tempski|title=Bright Spurs|page=122
|passage=I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was '''''pau'''''. The very island seemed to sigh with relief {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Mike Ashman; Kauaʻi Historical Society|title=Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s
|passage=When the county truck was '''''pau''''' hauling rubbish for the day, {{...}}}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{lb|en|historical}} A [[unit]] of [[volume]] used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints).

===Etymology 4===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|zh|包}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{lb|en|Malaysia|&|Singapore}} {{alternative form of|en|bao|t=[[baozi]]; [[Chinese]] [[steamed]] [[buns]] with [[filling]]}}.

===See also===
{{col2|en|pau d'arco|pau hana}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=apu|APU|AUP|PUA|UAP|UPA|pua}}

=='Are'are==

===Noun===
{{head|alu|noun}}

# [[head]]

===References===
* Kateřina Naitoro, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171128171844/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/35469715.pdf#page=95 A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax]'' (2013)

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|ca|aw|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|ca|roa-oca|pau}}, from {{inh|ca|la|pax|pācem}}, from {{der|ca|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-}}. Compare {{cog|oc|patz}}, {{cog|fr|paix}}, {{cog|es|paz}}.

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|f}}

# [[peace]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ca|fer les paus|gloss=to end a quarrel}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ca|pacífic}}
* {{l|ca|pacificar}}
* {{l|ca|pagar}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|ca}}

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m}}

# [[spotted dragonet]] {{gloss|a fish of the species {{taxlink|Callionymus maculatus|species}}}}
#: {{syn|ca|aferrapedres<g:m>|aferra-roques<g:m>}}

===Etymology 3===
{{unc|ca}}. Sometimes ascribed to {{m|ca|Pau|Paul}}, but also as a phonetic reduction of {{m|ca||*paup}}, alternating form of {{m|ca|palp||the act of feeling}}.

====Adjective====
{{ca-adj}}

# [[credulous]]; [[gullable]]; [[rustic]]

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m}}

# [[fool]]; [[rube]]

===References===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

{{C|ca|Fish|People}}

==Galician==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|pao}}, from {{inh|gl|la|pālus||stake}}, from {{inh|gl|itc-pro|*pākslos}}, from {{inh|gl|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-slos}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-||attach}}. Compare {{cog|pt|pau}} and {{cog|es|palo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{gl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|m}}

# [[stick]]
#: {{syn|gl|vara}}
#* {{quote-text|gl|year=1370|editor=R. Lorenzo|title=Crónica troiana|page=605|publisher=Fundación Barrié|location=A Coruña
|passage=''[Et] poserõ perlos muros beesteyros et arque[yro]s muytos et outros, pera deytar quantos et '''paos''' agudos metudos en ferros, en guisa que os que se quisesem chegar ao muro nõ podesem escapar de morte ''
|translation=And they arranged many crossbowmen and bowmen on the walls, to throw stones and sharp '''sticks''' inserted in irons, so as the ones who wanted to came near the wall could not escape the death}}
# {{lb|gl|uncountable}} [[wood]] {{gloss|material}}
#: {{syn|gl|fuste|madeira}}
#* {{quote-text|gl|year=1457|editor=F. R. Tato Plaza|title=Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua)|page=171
|passage=Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de '''pao'''|t=Three crossbows: one of steel, two of '''wood'''}}
#* {{quote-book|gl|year=1700|editor=Domingo Blanco|title=A Poesía popular en Galicia|location=Vigo|publisher=Serais|page=124
|passage=Santo San Bras de Viana feito de '''pau''' de amieiro|t=Saint Saint [sic] Blaise of Viana, carved in alder '''wood'''}}
# [[blow]]
#: {{syn|gl|golpe|pancada}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gl|pau de cego}}

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM|pao}}
* {{R:gl:CX|pao}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==Hawaiian==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|haw}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{haw-IPA}}

===Verb===
{{head|haw|verb}}

# {{lb|haw|stative}} [[finished]], [[done]]
# {{lb|haw|stative}} [[destroyed]]
# {{lb|haw|idiom}} all
#: {{ux|haw|E aloha i nā hoa a '''pau'''.|Greet '''all''' the friends.}}

==Hawaiian Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|hwc|haw|pau|t=finished}}.

===Verb===
{{head|hwc|verb}}

# [[done]], [[finished]]
#: {{ux|hwc|You '''pau''' awready?|Are you '''done''' already?}}

==Limos Kalinga==

===Noun===
{{head|kmk|noun}}

# [[mango]]

==Portuguese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pt|páo||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
{{etymon|pt|id=wood|inh|roa-opt>pao>stick}}
{{inh+|pt|roa-opt|pao}}, from {{inh|pt|la|pālus|5=stake}},<ref>{{R:pt:Infopédia}}</ref><ref>{{R:pt:Priberam}}</ref> from {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*pākslos}}, from {{inh|pt|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-slos}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-}}. Compare {{cog|gl|pau}}, {{cog|ast|palu}}, and {{cog|es|palo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|aw|s=1}}
* {{hyphenation|pt|pau}}
* {{audio|pt|pt-br-pau.ogg|a=São Paulo}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# [[stick]]
# [[wood]]
# {{lb|pt|figuratively|slang|vulgar}} [[penis]], [[dick]], [[cock]], [[prick]]
#: {{syn|pt|Thesaurus:pénis}}
# {{singular of|pt|paus|t=clubs}} {{gloss|one of the four suits of playing cards}}
# {{lb|pt|slang}} a unit of currency
#: {{uxi|pt|Isso custou uns 500 '''paus.'''|That cost about 500 '''bucks.'''}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|pt
|paulada
|pau-a-pique
|pau-brasil
|pau-de-arara
|pau para toda obra
|pau-preto
|inseto-pau
|bicho-pau}}

====Related terms====
{{rel4|pt
|empalar
|palito
|paliçada}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|pov|po}}
* {{desc|kea|pó}}
* {{desc|sw|pao|bor=1|alts=1}}

===References===
<references/>

==Swahili==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-pau.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Noun===
{{sw-noun|n}}

# {{alternative form of|sw|pao}}

===See also===
{{table:suits/sw}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{der|cy|la|pāgus||district, province}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/paɨ̯/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/pai̯/|a=cy-S}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|f|peuoedd}}

# {{lb|cy|archaic}} [[land]], [[nation]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|cy|gwlad}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

==West Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|fy|la|pāvō|t=peacock}}.

===Noun===
{{fy-noun|c|pauwen|pauke}}

# {{topics|fy|Fowls}} [[peacock]]

====Further reading====
* {{R:WFT|75049|I}}