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Etymology
From Old French iaue, ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”).
Noun
iaoue f (plural iaoux)
- (Guernsey) water
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 517:Il est niais coume Dadais qui se couachait dans l'iaue d'paeur d'être mouailli.- He is as foolish as Dadais who lay down in the water to avoid getting wet in a shower.
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