biau

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Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

Adjective[edit]

biau m

  1. (Guernsey) beautiful

Old French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

biau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

  1. Alternative form of bel

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

biau

  1. (transitive) to strew
  2. (transitive) to broadcast

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of biau
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobiau fobiau mibiau
2nd nobiau nibiau
3rd Masculine obiau ibiau, yobiau
Feminine mobiau
Neuter ibiau
- archaic

References[edit]

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

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

biau

  1. Soft mutation of piau (to own).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
piau biau mhiau phiau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.