pau
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pau¹
noun paus
- Alternative form of pa (“Maori fort”).
pau²
Where it comes from
From Hawaiian Pidgin English pau, from Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).
adjective
- done; over; finished 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 […]
pau³
noun
- 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).
pau⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Chinese 包.
noun
- Alternative form of bao (“baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling”).
Pau⁵
proper noun
- A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- A commune of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: paul, group, bao, powell, bowen, bau, pao, brasil, pahs, snpa, over with, finished, over, down, coffeed out, cooked
Translations
Talk about this word "pau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pau "pau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pau.Cite this
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title = {pau},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pau},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
