biau

Norman

Alternative forms

• biâo (France)
• bieau (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

Adjective

biau m

1. (Guernsey) beautiful
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 534:

     Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.

     If the sun sets red, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he rises red, you may expect pools of water on the road.

Old French

Adjective

biau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

1. Alternative form of bel

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi.ˈa.u]

Verb

biau

1. (transitive) to strew
2. (transitive) to broadcast

Conjugation

Conjugation of biau
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tobiau	fobiau	mibiau
2nd	nobiau	nibiau
3rd	Masculine	obiau	ibiau, yobiau†
Feminine	mobiau
Neuter	ibiau
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.aɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɛ/, /ˈbiː.a/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɛ/

Noun

biau

1. Soft mutation of piau (“to own”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
piau	biau	mhiau	phiau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.