iau
Angevin edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
iau
Further reading edit
- A. J. Verrier, Glossaire étymologique et historique des patois et des parlers de l'Anjou (1908)
- C. Ménière, Glossaire angevin étymologique comparé avec différents dialects (1881)
- Maurice Davau, Le Vieux parler tourangeau: sa phonétique, ses mots et locutions (1979)
- René Coursault, Contes naïfs et nouvelles facétieuses: le parler tourangeau (1990)
Bourbonnais-Berrichon edit
Noun edit
iau
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Paul Duchon, Grammaire et dictionnaire du patois bourbonnais (canton de Varennes)
Champenois edit
Noun edit
iau
- (Auve) water
References edit
- Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110
Esperanto edit
Verb edit
iau
Hokkien edit
For pronunciation and definitions of iau – see 枵 (“hungry”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枵). |
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *qiaw (“animal cry”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iau (Jawi spelling ايياو, plural iau-iau, informal 1st possessive iauku, 2nd possessive iaumu, 3rd possessive iaunya)
- (onomatopoeia) sound of a cat meowing
Verb edit
iau (Jawi spelling ايياو)
- to meow
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Further reading edit
- “iau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qiaw”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French ewe, Latin aqua.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iau f (plural iaux)
Picard edit
Etymology edit
From Old French iaue, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare French eau.
Noun edit
iau f
- water (drinkable liquid)
- (Old anonymous Picard poem)
- Cate seuris rapache par chi,
Je te barai du pain meusi,
Et pis dal l'iau a bouère,
Cate seuris tout noère.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Old anonymous Picard poem)
Poitevin-Saintongeais edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
iau
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Pierre Rézeau, Le "Vocabulaire poitevin" (1808–1825) de Lubin Mauduyt: Édition critique (1994)
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
iau
- inflection of lua:
Tolai edit
Pronoun edit
iau
Declension edit
Tolai personal pronouns
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /jaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /jai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Brythonic *jọw, from Proto-Celtic *yugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Noun edit
iau m or f (plural ieuau or ieuoedd)
- yoke (frame around the neck)
Etymology 2 edit
Variant of afu (“liver”).
Noun edit
iau m or f (plural ieuau)
- (North Wales) liver
- Synonym: afu
Etymology 3 edit
From a form Proto-Celtic *yow-yos, an irregular comparative of *yowankos.
Adjective edit
iau
- comparative degree of ieuanc (“young”)
- comparative degree of ifanc (“young”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
iau | unchanged | unchanged | hiau |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies