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gau.

A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡaʊ/
  1. A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

    Tibetan
adj[k˭aʊ˨]Singapore
  1. Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)).

    Singapore · colloquial · not-comparable
    Kopi Gau
  2. Thick; having a strong or overwhelming flavour.

    Singapore · broadly · colloquial · not-comparable · uncommon
Where this word comes from

From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao⁶, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.

noun
  1. District, region.

Where this word comes from

From German Gau, from Middle High German göu, gou, from Old High German gawi.

noun
  1. Alternative form of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”).

    alt-of · alternative
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