amau

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abu/

Noun

amau

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
2. dust

   Synonym: abu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmau/
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧u
• Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

From Belitung Malay [Term?].

Noun

amau (plural amau-amau, first-person possessive amauku, second-person possessive amaumu, third-person possessive amaunya)

1. waterlogged land.

Etymology 2

From Serua [Term?].

Noun

amau (plural amau-amau, first-person possessive amauku, second-person possessive amaumu, third-person possessive amaunya)

1. hair that grows on the body other than hair.

Further reading

• “amau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• amheuo

Etymology

From Middle Welsh amheu, from Proto-Celtic *ambisuweti.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈamaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈamɛ/, /ˈama/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈamɛ/
• Rhymes: -amaɨ̯

Verb

amau (first-person singular present amheuaf)

1. to doubt
2. to suspect

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	amheuaf	amheui	amau, amheua	amheuwn	amheuwch	amheuant	amheuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	amheuwn	amheuit	amheuai	amheuem	amheuech	amheuent	amheuid
preterite	amheuais	amheuaist	amheuodd	ameuasom	ameuasoch	ameuasant	amheuwyd
pluperfect	ameuaswn	ameuasit	ameuasai	ameuasem	ameuasech	ameuasent	ameuasid, ameuesid
present subjunctive	amheuwyf	amheuych	amheuo	amheuom	amheuoch	amheuont	amheuer
imperative	—	amheua	amheued	amheuwn	amheuwch	amheuent	amheuer
verbal noun	amau
verbal adjectives	ameuedig ameuadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	amheua i, amheuaf i	amheui di	amheuith o/e/hi, amheuiff e/hi	amheuwn ni	amheuwch chi	amheuan nhw
conditional	amheuwn i, amheuswn i	amheuet ti, amheuset ti	amheuai fo/fe/hi, amheusai fo/fe/hi	amheuen ni, amheusen ni	amheuech chi, amheusech chi	amheuen nhw, amheusen nhw
preterite	amheuais i, amheues i	amheuaist ti, amheuest ti	amheuodd o/e/hi	amheuon ni	amheuoch chi	amheuon nhw
imperative	—	amheua	—	—	amheuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

• Alternative second-person singular present subjunctive: amheuech
• Alternative verbal noun: amheuedig

Derived terms

• amheuaeth (“doubt, suspicion”)
• amheus (“doubtful, suspicious”)
• diamau (“undoubted, certain”)
• heb amau (“without doubt”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amau	unchanged	unchanged	hamau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amheuaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies