Barunggam edit

Noun edit

mau

  1. head

Further reading edit

Bourguignon edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin malus.

Adjective edit

mau (feminine maule, masculine plural maus, feminine plural maules, comparative peire, superlative peire)

  1. bad
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin male.

Adverb edit

mau (comparative peis, superlative peis)

  1. bad

Etymology 3 edit

From Latin malus.

Noun edit

mau m (plural maus, antonym bein)

  1. evil
Antonyms edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑu̯/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu
  • Syllabification(key): mau

Interjection edit

mau

  1. the sound a cat makes; meow

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Probably a blend of matt +‎ flau, maybe with influence from mauen in the older sense of "to be weepy/annoying."

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maʊ̯/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯
  • (file)

Adjective edit

mau (strong nominative masculine singular mauer, comparative mauer, superlative am mauesten or am mausten) (informal)

  1. queasy, poor, poorly, ill, bad, lousy
    Mir ist mau.I feel queasy/ill/poorly.
    Ich fühle mich mauI feel queasy/ill/poorly.
    Die Lage ist mau.The situation is bad.
    Die Ergebnisse sind mau.The results are poor.
  2. down, blue
    Ich fühle mich mau.I feel down/blue.

Declension edit

Adverb edit

mau (comparative mauer, superlative am mausten)

  1. badly, bad
  2. slack
    Die Geschäfte gehen mau.Business is slack.

Further reading edit

  • mau” in Duden online
  • mau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Portuguese mau, from Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mau.

Adjective edit

mau

  1. bad, evil, dangerous

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Hawaiian edit

Particle edit

mau

  1. Plural marker of nouns, used after he, determiners, and numerals.
    he mau liohorses
    kēlā mau halethose houses
    ko lākou mau kūpunatheir grandparents

Verb edit

mau

  1. (stative) always, perpetual
  2. (stative) to continue

Indonesian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Malay mahu, mau, from Classical Malay ماهو (mahu), ماهو (mau).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mau

  1. to want, to desire
    Synonym: ingin

Iu Mien edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mlu̯ɛjH (soft). Cognate with White Hmong mos.

Adjective edit

mau 

  1. soft

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

mau

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まう

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mau.

Adjective edit

mau

  1. bad

Related terms edit

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mau, probably with some semantic influence from Portuguese mal as well.

Adjective edit

mau (comparative pió)

  1. bad
    Êle qui mau coraçámHe is so evil (literally, “He is so bad heart”)
    mau repenteimpulsive; rash action inspired by a bad temper

References edit

Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -u

Verb edit

mau

  1. (informal, auxiliary) Contraction of mahu.

Occitan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

mau m (feminine singular mala, masculine plural maus, feminine plural malas)

  1. (Gascony) bad
  2. (Gascony) evil

Adverb edit

mau

  1. (Gascony) bad, badly

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

mau m (plural maus)

  1. (Gascony) evil
  2. (Gascony) illness

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 93

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus,[1][2] from Proto-Italic. Cognate with Galician mao and Spanish malo.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mau (feminine , masculine plural maus, feminine plural más, comparable, comparative pior, superlative péssimo)

  1. bad
    Ele é um mau condutor.He is a bad driver.
    Ela tem maus hábitos.She has bad habits.
  2. evil, wicked
    Caim era mau.Cain was evil.
  3. harmful

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mau
  • Kabuverdianu: mau
  • Macanese: mau

Noun edit

mau m (plural maus)

  1. a bad person
    Junta-te aos bons e serás melhor que eles; junta-te aos maus e serás pior que eles.
    Hang out with good people and you'll be better than them; hang out with bad people and you'll be worse than them.

References edit

Rapa Nui edit

Adjective edit

mau

  1. supreme

Derived terms edit

Samoan edit

Noun edit

mau

  1. opinion

Southwestern Dinka edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Belanda Bor miyo (tsetse fly).

Noun edit

mau

  1. tsetse fly

References edit

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[2], 2005

Tahitian edit

Particle edit

mau

  1. plural marker after a noun; many, much

Verb edit

mau

  1. hold

Ternate edit

Etymology edit

From Malay mahu (to want).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mau

  1. (transitive) to want

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of mau
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tomau fomau mimau
2nd nomau nimau
3rd Masculine omau imau, yomau
Feminine momau
Neuter imau
- archaic

Alternative forms edit

References edit

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

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From Tolai mau (banana).

Adjective edit

mau

  1. ripe.

References edit

  • SARMENTO, Leila Lauar. Gramática em textos. 2nd edition. São Paulo, Brazil: Moderna, 2005.

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Muong bau (dense, thick), Chut [Cuối Chăm] baw¹ and Arem ubaw ("thick").

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mau (, , 𣭻, , , 󱦰)

  1. (now only in certain phrases and expressions) dense
  2. (by extension) fast, quick

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Adverb edit

mau (, , 𣭻, , , 󱦰)

  1. fast, quickly
    Synonym: nhanh

See also edit

Yanomamö edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

mau

  1. water

References edit

  • Introducción a la lengua yanomami: morfología (1996), page 104: mau u : agua cln
  • B. Albert, G. Gomez, Saúde Yanomami: um manual etnolingüístico (1997), page 233: māu
  • M. Müller, J. Serowë, B. Manara, Lengua y cultura Yanomami: diccionario ilustrado (2007), pages 175 and 410: maū u; mau u
  • HG 1 [maup], HG 2 [maũ ũ, maaupə] (see also ASJP 1 [maup], ASJP 2 [mau; maup3, using '3' for 'ə'])