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fau
- (of a thing or action) extreme
Borrowed from German Pfau. Doublet of paw, a form borrowed from Polish.
fau m animal
- Synonym of paw
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “paw”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
fau
- Alternative form of fou
From Old French fau (“beech”), from Latin fagus.
fau m (plural faus)
fau
From Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Cognate with Malay baru and Hawaiian hau.
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