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名詞

pau (plural paus)

1. Alternative form of pa (“Maori fort”).

語源 2

From Hawaiian Pidgin English pau, from Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).

形容詞

pau (not comparable)

1. (Hawaii) done; over; finished
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122:

     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 […]

   • 2004, Mike Ashman, Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s:

     When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]

語源 3

名詞

pau

1. (historical) 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).

語源 4

Borrowed from Chinese 包.

名詞

pau

1. (Malaysia and Singapore) Alternative form of bao (“baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling”).

参考

アナグラム

• APU, AUP, PUA, UAP, UPA, pua

語源

From Hawaiian pāʻū.

名詞

pa'u (plural pa'us or pa'u)

1. A traditional long, colorful skirt worn by Hawaiian female horseback riders.