amau

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Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

amau

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
  2. dust
    Synonym: abu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmau/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧u
  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

From Belitung Malay .

Noun

amau (plural amau-amau, first-person possessive amauku, second-person possessive amaumu, third-person possessive amaunya)

  1. waterlogged land.

Etymology 2

From Serua .

Noun

amau (plural amau-amau, first-person possessive amauku, second-person possessive amaumu, third-person possessive amaunya)

  1. hair that grows on the body other than hair.

Further reading

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh amheu, from Proto-Celtic *ambisuweti.

Pronunciation

Verb

amau (first-person singular present amheuaf)

  1. to doubt
  2. to suspect

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future amheuaf amheui amau, amheua amheuwn amheuwch amheuant amheuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		amheuwn amheuit amheuai amheuem amheuech amheuent amheuid
preterite amheuais amheuaist amheuodd ameuasom ameuasoch ameuasant amheuwyd
pluperfect ameuaswn ameuasit ameuasai ameuasem ameuasech ameuasent ameuasid, ameuesid
present subjunctive amheuwyf amheuych amheuo amheuom amheuoch amheuont amheuer
imperative — amheua amheued amheuwn amheuwch amheuent amheuer
verbal noun amau
verbal adjectives ameuedig
ameuadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future amheua i, amheuaf i amheui di amheuith o/e/hi, amheuiff e/hi amheuwn ni amheuwch chi amheuan nhw
conditional amheuwn i, amheuswn i amheuet ti, amheuset ti amheuai fo/fe/hi, amheusai fo/fe/hi amheuen ni, amheusen ni amheuech chi, amheusech chi amheuen nhw, amheusen nhw
preterite amheuais i, amheues i amheuaist ti, amheuest ti amheuodd o/e/hi amheuon ni amheuoch chi amheuon nhw
imperative — amheua — — amheuwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
  • Alternative second-person singular present subjunctive: amheuech
  • Alternative verbal noun: amheuedig

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amau unchanged unchanged hamau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amheuaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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