Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wau-wau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: wau-wau
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A talk; talking; a meeting or conversation.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Blackfoot--one hundred and twenty miles; go slow--Mowitza tired; long wau-wau (talk); come slow--snows high; come soon now, may be." And that was really the only information in the entire "wau-wau" that was of interest to the camp"
"After uh lot uh general wau-wau Miss Selva gits up on th' fiddler's platform and looks us over."
"Me and Dirty don't say a word, being as we don't sabe his wau-wau."

Etymology

From Chinook Jargon wawa.

Word Breakdown

Root: wawa

Usage

Inflected Forms

wau-waus (plural) wa-wa (alternative) wah-wah (alternative) wawa (alternative) waw-waw (alternative)

Questions

What does wau-wau mean?: A talk; talking; a meeting or conversation.
Where does wau-wau come from?: From Chinook Jargon wawa.

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