mau

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Barunggam[edit]

Noun[edit]

mau

  1. head

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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'])