iau

See also: Iau, iaʻu, IAU, -iau, i-au, and iáu

Angevin

Noun

iau

  1. water

Further reading
  • 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)

Bourbonnais-Berrichon

Noun

iau

  1. water

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • Paul Duchon, Grammaire et dictionnaire du patois bourbonnais (canton de Varennes)

Champenois

Noun

iau

  1. (Auve) water

References
  • Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎ (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110

Esperanto

Verb

iau

  1. jussive of iai

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qiaw (“animal cry”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iau̯/, /ia̯u̯/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [iʲäu̯]

Noun

iau (Jawi spelling ايياو‎, plural iau-iau, informal 1st possessive iauku, 2nd possessive iaumu, 3rd possessive iaunya)

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of a cat meowing

Verb

iau (Jawi spelling ايياو‎)

  1. to meow

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • mengiau [agent focus] (meN-)
  • pengiau [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Further reading

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of iau – see 枵 (“hungry”).
(This character, iau, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枵.)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ewe, Latin aqua.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaʊ/, /jo/

Noun

iau f (plural iaux)

  1. water

Picard

Etymology

From Old French iaue, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare French eau.

Noun

iau f

  1. 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.

Poitevin-Saintongeais

Etymology

Latin aqua.

Noun

iau

  1. water

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • Pierre Rézeau, Le "Vocabulaire poitevin" (1808–1825) de Lubin Mauduyt: Édition critique (1994)

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jaw]
  • Homophone: i-au

Verb

iau

  1. inflection of lua:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Tolai

Pronoun

iau

  1. First-person singular pronoun: I, me

Declension
Tolai personal pronouns
singular dual paucal plural
1st person exclusive iau amir
mir		 amital
mital		 avet
ave1
1st person inclusive - dor datal dat
da1
2nd person u amur
mur		 amutal
mutal		 avat
ava1
3rd person ia
i		 dir
di		 dital diat
dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.


Tourangeau

Noun

iau

  1. water
  2. rain

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • Maurice Davau, Le Vieux parler tourangeau: sa phonétique, ses mots et locutions (1979)
  • René Coursault, Contes naïfs et nouvelles facétieuses: le parler tourangeau (1990)

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *jọw, from Proto-Celtic *yugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Noun

iau m or f (plural ieuau or ieuoedd)

  1. yoke (frame around the neck)

Etymology 2

Variant of afu (“liver”).

Noun

iau m or f (plural ieuau)

  1. (North Wales) liver
    Synonym: afu

Etymology 3

From a form Proto-Celtic *yow-yos, an irregular comparative of *yowankos.

Adjective

iau

  1. comparative degree of ieuanc (“young”)
  2. comparative degree of ifanc (“young”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-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
  • 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
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