chaus

From New Latin chaus, from a native, probably Turkic, name; compare Nogai кавыс (kavıs).

• enPR: kāʹŭs, IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ʌs/
• Hyphenation: cha‧us

chaus (plural chauses)

1. (dated) Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)

See chiaus.

• enPR: chous, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaʊs/
• Hyphenation: chaus

chaus

2. Obsolete spelling of chiaus [16th–17th c.].
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chaus.

• "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “chaus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “chiaus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “chaus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Chasu

• IPA^(key): /ʃo/

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chaus m (plural chaus)

1. jungle cat, Felis chaus

From Pre-Palauan *qawuc, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ.

chaus

1. lime for betel nut

• chaus in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• chaus in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• chaus in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 36.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaws/

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• Rhymes: -aws
• Syllabification: chaus

chaus m animal

1. jungle cat, Felis chaus

• chaus in Polish dictionaries at PWN