gau.
A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.
Meaning & usage
A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.
Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)).
Kopi Gau
Thick; having a strong or overwhelming flavour.
Where this word comes from
From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao⁶, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.
District, region.
Where this word comes from
From German Gau, from Middle High German göu, gou, from Old High German gawi.
Alternative form of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.