ĉaŭ

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and čau

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello; goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello; goodbye”, literally “[I am your] servant”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav; slave”). Doublet of sklavo and slavo. Colloquial use likely reinforced by German servus (“hello; goodbye”), which is used similarly.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃaw]
  • Hyphenation: ĉaŭ

Interjection

ĉaŭ

  1. (neologism, informal) ciao; hello, goodbye
    Synonyms: saluton (“hello”), adiaŭ (“goodbye”)
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