Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, colloquial, not-comparable
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adj
Thick; having a strong or overwhelming flavour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, broadly, colloquial, not-comparable, uncommon
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Tibetan
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Alternative form of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
District, region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao6, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.
Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Gau, a habitational surname. * A variant of Gao, a surname of Chinese origin.
From German Gau, from Middle High German göu, gou, from Old High German gawi.
