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iau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iau"

Angevin

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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iau

  1. water
  2. rain

Further reading

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  • 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

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Noun

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iau

  1. water

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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

Champenois

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /jo/

Noun

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iau

  1. (Auve) water

References

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

Esperanto

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Verb

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iau

  1. jussive of iai

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of iau – see 枵 (“hungry”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枵).

Malay

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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iau (Jawi spelling ايياو)

  1. to meow

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Further reading

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  • “iau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qiaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French ewe, Latin aqua.

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Noun

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iau f (plural iaux)

  1. water

Picard

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Poitevin-Saintongeais

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Etymology

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Latin aqua.

Noun

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iau

  1. water

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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iau

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

Tolai

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Pronoun

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iau

  1. First-person singular pronoun: I, me

Declension

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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.


Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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iau m or f (plural ieuau or ieuoedd)

  1. yoke (frame around the neck)
Derived terms
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  • ieuo (“yoke”, verb)

Etymology 2

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Variant of afu (“liver”).

Noun

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iau m or f (plural ieuau)

  1. (North Wales) liver
    Synonym: afu

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

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iau

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of iau
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
iau unchanged unchanged hiau

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • 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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