parau

See also: paráu, pârău, pârâu, Pârâu, and Pārau

Arem

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pʰruːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁praw; cognate with Vietnamese sáu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [parawˀ]

Numeral

parau

1. six

Further reading

• Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay parau, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀaw (“hoarse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparau̯]
• Hyphenation: pa‧rau

Adjective

parau

1. hoarse.

   Synonyms: garau, serak

Derived terms

• terparau

 

Further reading

• “parau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *paRaw

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *paʀaw (“hoarse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parau̯/
• Rhymes: -arau̯

Adjective

parau (Jawi spelling ڤاراو)

1. hoarse (of a voice)

   Synonyms: serak, garau, garuk

   Suara parau ― Hoarse voice

Derived terms

• diparaukan
• keparauan
• memaraukan
• parau-parau
• separau

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: parau

Further reading

• “parau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *paRaw

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *palau (“to boast, brag”) from Proto-Polynesian *lau₂ (“to count, to recite, to read”). Sense of paper likely a contraction of ʻapi parau (“page [of a book]”, literally “fold of [written] speech”).

Noun

parau

1. word, speech, tongue
2. paper

Further reading

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “parau” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.