mau

See also: Mau, MAU, máu, màu, mẫu, Mậu, ma'u, and mau-

Barunggam

Noun

mau

  1. head

Further reading


Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin malus.

Adjective

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

  1. bad
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin male.

Adverb

mau (comparative peis, superlative peis)

  1. bad

Etymology 3

From Latin malus.

Noun

mau m (plural maus, antonym bein)

  1. evil
Antonyms

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

mau

  1. the sound a cat makes; meow

Anagrams


German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Adverb

mau (comparative mauer, superlative am mausten)

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

Further reading

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mau. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mau.

Adjective

mau

  1. bad

Hawaiian

Particle

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

mau

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Verb

mau

  1. to want, to desire
    Synonym: ingin

Iu Mien

Etymology

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

Adjective

mau 

  1. soft

Japanese

Romanization

mau

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まう

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mau.

Adjective

mau

  1. bad

Malay

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Verb

mau

  1. (informal, auxiliary) Contraction of mahu.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

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

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

Adverb

mau

  1. (Gascony) bad, badly

Derived terms

  • trobà's mau

Noun

mau m (plural maus)

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

Derived terms

  • maishant mau
  • mau d'orelh
  • mau de cap
  • mau de còr
  • mau de còth
  • mau de ganurra
  • mau de mar

References

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

    Portuguese

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaw/ [ˈmaʊ̯]

    • Rhymes: -aw
    • Homophone: mal (Brazil)
    • Hyphenation: mau
    • (file)

    Adjective

    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

    Descendants

    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mau
    • Kabuverdianu: mau

    References

    1. mau” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
    2. mau” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

    Rapa Nui

    Adjective

    mau

    1. supreme

    Derived terms


    Samoan

    Noun

    mau

    1. opinion

    Southwestern Dinka

    Etymology

    Cognate with Belanda Bor miyo (tsetse fly).

    Noun

    mau

    1. tsetse fly

    References

    • Dinka-English Dictionary, 2005

    Tahitian

    Particle

    mau

    1. plural marker after a noun; many, much

    Verb

    mau

    1. hold

    Ternate

    Etymology

    From Malay mahu (to want).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈma.u/

    Verb

    mau

    1. (transitive) to want

    Conjugation

    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

    References

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

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology

    From Tolai mau (banana).

    Adjective

    mau

    1. ripe.

    References

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

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    mau (, , , 𣭻, 𨖧, 𫐿, 𫑋)

    1. fast, quick
    2. (in certain phrases and expressions) dense

    Derived terms

    Derived terms

    Adverb

    mau (, , , 𣭻, 𨖧, 𫐿, 𫑋)

    1. fast, quickly
      Synonym: nhanh

    See also


    Yanomamö

    Alternative forms

    • māu, maū
    • maup, maupə

    Noun

    mau

    1. water

    References

    • 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'])
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