amuar

amuar

1. (Vegliot) Alternative form of amur (“to love”)

• Ive, A. (1886) “L'antico dialetto di Veglia [The old dialect of Veglia]”, in G. I. Ascoli, editor, Archivio glottologico italiano [Italian linguistic archive], volume 9, Rome: E. Loescher, pages 115–187

• amoar

From Old Galician-Portuguese mu (“mule”).

• IPA^(key):

amuar (first-person singular present amúo, first-person singular preterite amuei, past participle amuado)
amuar (first-person singular present amuo, first-person singular preterite amuei, past participle amuado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to annoy
2. (transitive) to sulk
3. (of sheep) to hide the head in the herd
4. (figurative, transitive) to chill
5. to hush

• mula

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amuar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “amuar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amuar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ mu (“mule”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧mu‧ar

amuar (first-person singular present amuo, first-person singular preterite amuei, past participle amuado)

1. (intransitive) to sulk (to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

   Synonyms: prender o burro, amarrar o burro

2. (transitive) to annoy

   Synonym: aborrecer

• amuado