pao

pao

1. Rōmaji transcription of パオ

pao

1. edible type of fern found near water

pao

1. Nonstandard spelling of pāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of páo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pào.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Inherited from Latin pālum, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -ao

pao m (plural paos)

1. stick, stake

• Galician: pau
• Portuguese: pau (see there for further descendants)

pao m (plural paos)

1. Obsolete spelling of pau.

pao (Cyrillic spelling пао)

1. masculine singular active past participle of pȁsti

• pau

Borrowed from Portuguese paus.

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pao (n class, plural pao)

1. clubs (suit of cards)

   Synonyms: karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

pao

1. Pa class inflected form of -ao.

pao

1. dig

Borrowed from English pound.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [paːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [paːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [paːw˧˧]

pao

1. pound (unit of mass)