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vao

vao

See also: vào, vão, and va'o

Malagasy

Adjective

vao

new (recently made or created), novel

Related terms

	Focus (Voice)
Agent (Active)	man-form: manavao
	mi-form: --
	om-form: --
Patient (Passive)	vaozina
	alternate: havaozina
	a-form: --
	voa-form: --
	tafa-form: --
Goal (Relative)	an-form: avaozana
Goal (Relative)	i-form: --

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈβa.o/

Noun

vao m ‎(plural vaos)

ford; shallow (part of a river shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

Descendants

Galician: vao
Portuguese: vau