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Barunggam

Noun

mau

  1. head

Further reading

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin malus.

Adjective

mau (feminine maule, masculine plural maus, feminine plural maules, comparative peire, superlative peire)

  1. bad
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin male.

Adverb

mau (comparative peis, superlative peis)

  1. bad

Etymology 3

From Latin malus.

Noun

mau m (plural maus, antonym bein)

  1. evil
Antonyms

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Interjection

mau

  1. the sound a cat makes; meow

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Probably a blend of matt +‎ flau, maybe with influence from mauen in the older sense of "to be weepy/annoying."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʊ̯/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

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 mau ― I 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

Positive forms of mau
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist mau sie ist mau es ist mau sie sind mau
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative mauer maue maues maue
genitive mauen mauer mauen mauer
dative mauem mauer mauem mauen
accusative mauen maue maues maue
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der maue die maue das maue die mauen
genitive des mauen der mauen des mauen der mauen
dative dem mauen der mauen dem mauen den mauen
accusative den mauen die maue das maue die mauen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein mauer eine maue ein maues (keine) mauen
genitive eines mauen einer mauen eines mauen (keiner) mauen
dative einem mauen einer mauen einem mauen (keinen) mauen
accusative einen mauen eine maue ein maues (keine) mauen
Comparative forms of mau
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist mauer sie ist mauer es ist mauer sie sind mauer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative mauerer mauere maueres mauere
genitive maueren mauerer maueren mauerer
dative mauerem mauerer mauerem maueren
accusative maueren mauere maueres mauere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der mauere die mauere das mauere die maueren
genitive des maueren der maueren des maueren der maueren
dative dem maueren der maueren dem maueren den maueren
accusative den maueren die mauere das mauere die maueren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein mauerer eine mauere ein maueres (keine) maueren
genitive eines maueren einer maueren eines maueren (keiner) maueren
dative einem maueren einer maueren einem maueren (keinen) maueren
accusative einen maueren eine mauere ein maueres (keine) maueren
Superlative forms of mau
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am mauesten
er ist am mausten 		sie ist am mauesten
sie ist am mausten 		es ist am mauesten
es ist am mausten 		sie sind am mauesten
sie sind am mausten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative mauester
mauster 		maueste
mauste 		mauestes
maustes 		maueste
mauste
genitive mauesten
mausten 		mauester
mauster 		mauesten
mausten 		mauester
mauster
dative mauestem
maustem 		mauester
mauster 		mauestem
maustem 		mauesten
mausten
accusative mauesten
mausten 		maueste
mauste 		mauestes
maustes 		maueste
mauste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der maueste
der mauste 		die maueste
die mauste 		das maueste
das mauste 		die mauesten
die mausten
genitive des mauesten
des mausten 		der mauesten
der mausten 		des mauesten
des mausten 		der mauesten
der mausten
dative dem mauesten
dem mausten 		der mauesten
der mausten 		dem mauesten
dem mausten 		den mauesten
den mausten
accusative den mauesten
den mausten 		die maueste
die mauste 		das maueste
das mauste 		die mauesten
die mausten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein mauester
ein mauster 		eine maueste
eine mauste 		ein mauestes
ein maustes 		(keine) mauesten
(keine) mausten
genitive eines mauesten
eines mausten 		einer mauesten
einer mausten 		eines mauesten
eines mausten 		(keiner) mauesten
(keiner) mausten
dative einem mauesten
einem mausten 		einer mauesten
einer mausten 		einem mauesten
einem mausten 		(keinen) mauesten
(keinen) mausten
accusative einen mauesten
einen mausten 		eine maueste
eine mauste 		ein mauestes
ein maustes 		(keine) mauesten
(keine) mausten

Adverb

mau (comparative mauer, superlative am mausten)

  1. badly, bad
  2. slack
    Die Geschäfte gehen mau. ― Business is slack.

Further reading

  • “mau” in Duden online
  • “mau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese mau, from Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mau.

Adjective

mau

  1. bad, evil, dangerous

Related terms

Hawaiian

Particle

mau

  1. Plural marker of nouns, used after he, determiners, and numerals.
    he mau lio ― horses
    kēlā mau hale ― those houses
    ko lākou mau kūpuna ― their grandparents

Verb

mau

  1. (stative) always, perpetual
  2. (stative) to continue

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay mahu, mau, from Classical Malay ماهو (mahu), ماهو (mau).

Pronunciation

Verb

mau

  1. to want, to desire
    Synonym: ingin

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mlu̯ɛjH (“soft”). Cognate with White Hmong mos.

Adjective

mau 

  1. soft

Japanese

Romanization

mau

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まう

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mau.

Adjective

mau

  1. bad

Related terms

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese mau, probably with some semantic influence from Portuguese mal as well.

Adjective

mau (comparative pió)

  1. bad
    Êle qui mau coraçám ― He is so evil (literally, “He is so bad heart”)
    mau repente ― impulsive; rash action inspired by a bad temper

References

Malay

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Verb

mau

  1. (informal, auxiliary) Contraction of mahu.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Gascon)(file)

Adjective

mau m (feminine singular mala, masculine plural maus, feminine plural malas)

  1. (Gascony) bad
  2. (Gascony) evil

Adverb

mau

  1. (Gascony) bad, badly

Derived terms

Noun

mau m (plural maus)

  1. (Gascony) evil
  2. (Gascony) illness

Derived terms

References

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 93

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus, from Proto-Italic. Cognate with Galician mao and Spanish malo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mau (feminine má, 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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mau
  • Kabuverdianu: mau
  • Macanese: mau

Noun

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

  1. ^ “mau” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “mau” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Rapa Nui

Adjective

mau

  1. supreme

Derived terms

Samoan

Noun

mau

  1. opinion

Southwestern Dinka

Etymology

Cognate with Belanda Bor miyo (“tsetse fly”).

Noun

mau

  1. tsetse fly

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Tahitian

Particle

mau

  1. plural marker after a noun; many, much

Verb

mau

  1. hold

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay mahu (“to want”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mau

  1. (transitive) to want

Conjugation

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

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Tolai mau (“banana”).

Adjective

mau

  1. ripe.

References

  • SARMENTO, Leila Lauar. Gramática em textos. 2nd edition. São Paulo, Brazil: Moderna, 2005.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Muong bau (“dense, thick”), Chut baw¹ and Arem ubaw ("thick").

Pronunciation

Adjective

mau • (毛, 㕰, 𣭻, 牟, 哞, 󱦰)

  1. (now only in certain phrases and expressions) dense
  2. (by extension) fast, quick

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adverb

mau • (毛, 㕰, 𣭻, 牟, 哞, 󱦰)

  1. fast, quickly
    Synonym: nhanh

See also

Yanomamö

Alternative forms

Noun

mau

  1. water

References

  • 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 , HG 2 (see also ASJP 1 , ASJP 2 )
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