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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish i mmudu, from madae (“vain, ineffectual”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
amú
- wasted, in vain
- astray
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97
- “amú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
Nheengatu
Pronunciation
Noun
amú (plural amú-itá)
- sister (of a woman)
Coordinate terms
- manha (“mother”)
- paya (“father”)
- mú (“brother - of a man”)
- kiwira (“brother - of a woman”)
- endira (“sister - of a man”)
- aíra (“son - of a man”)
- ayera (“daughter - of a man”)
- membira (“child - of a woman”)