dao
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See also: Dao and Appendix:Variations of "dao"
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Chinese 刀 (dāo, literally “single-edged blade”). Possibly a doublet of dah.
Noun
dao (plural daos)
- Any of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.
Etymology 2
From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit").
Proper noun
dao
Noun
dao (usually uncountable, plural daos)
- (historical) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
Etymology 3
Noun
dao (plural daos)
- Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife or sword”)
Etymology 4
Likely related to one of the preceding words ("Chinese sword", "Burmese knife").
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Noun
dao (plural daos)
Etymology 5
Noun
dao (plural daos)
- Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.
- The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Etymology
Feminine form of doi. From Latin duae, nominative feminine of duo.
Numeral
dao f (masculine doi)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧o
Noun
dao
- dao (Dracontomelon dao)
- the edible fruit of this tree
- the wood from this tree
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adverb
dao
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adverb
dao
- for that reason
Romanization
dao
- Nonstandard spelling of dāo.
- Nonstandard spelling of dáo.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǎo.
- Nonstandard spelling of dào.
Usage notes
- 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.
Alternative forms
- dauo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- dawo — obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqu (“a tree: Dracontomelum edule”). Compare Cebuano dao, Kapampangan dau, and Indonesian dahu.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈʔo/ [d̪ɐˈʔo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: da‧o
Noun
daó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜂ)
Related terms
Further reading
- “dao” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “dao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*daqu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zauq.
Adjective
dao
References
- Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landesdrukkerij, p. 45.
Adverb
dao
Alternative forms
- (North Central Vietnam) đao
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *-taːw, from Old Chinese 刀 (OC *C.tˤaw) (B-S) (SV: đao). Compare North Central Vietnamese đao (“knife”).
This word was borrowed at a stage when the Sinitic word still retained the preinitial, thus causing lenition: *-t- > Middle Vietnamese dĕao [ðj-] > modern [z- ~ j-]. The Sino-Vietnamese reading đao, on the other hand, derived from Middle Chinese 刀 (MC taw) when the onset already simplified and resulted in a stop. The North Central đao, although formally identical to the more recent Sino-Vietnamese reading, belongs to the same stratum as dao, as indicated by the meaning "knife", due to the fact that these dialects did not undergo lenition to as large an extent.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) dao • (刀, 釖, 鉸)
- knife
- dao bếp ― a kitchen knife
See also
Derived terms
- dao bấm
- dao bầu
- dao cạo
- dao găm
- dao kéo
- dao lam
- dao phay
- dao rọc giấy
- dao rựa
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