clau
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- key object designed to open and close a lock
- curly bracket
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan clau inherited from Latin clāvis (key, bar, deadbolt, a key) inherited from Proto-Italic *klāwis (lock, bolt, bar).
Origin
Proto-Italic
*klāwis
Gloss
lock, bolt, bar
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- claves English
- clavis English
- archiclavis Latin
- clavichordium Latin
- clavicula Latin
- clavicytherium Latin
- clavile Latin
- clavis Latin
- clāvem Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvis, clāvem Latin
- clāvis, clāvem, clavis Latin
- clāvāre Latin
- conclave Latin
- Klaviatur German
- clavier French
- clef French
- enclaver French
- clave Spanish, Castilian
- llave Spanish, Castilian
- llavero Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- chave Portuguese
- chaveiro Portuguese
- chaveta Portuguese
- chavão Portuguese
- clave Portuguese
- klawisz Polish
- clef Old French
- clauer Catalan, Valencian
- clavar Catalan, Valencian
- चाबी Hindi
- चाभी Hindi
- yabe Cebuano
- yawe Cebuano
- klefo Ido
- yawe Tagalog
- chave Old Portuguese
- চাবি Assamese
- ચાવી Gujarati
- clau Occitan
- clavar Occitan
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- चावी Marathi
- চাবি Bengali
- clau Old Occitan
- yabi Papiamentu
- சாவி Tamil
- tchabi Kabuverdianu
- txabi Kabuverdianu
- xave Kabuverdianu
- ciave Istriot
- yöbi̱ Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- ꠌꠣꠛꠤ Sylheti
- ଚାବି Oriya
- yåbi Chamorro
- klefe Novial
- sabí Rohingya
- ya̱pi Sayula Popoluca