mau

mau

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Huautla Mazatec.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Huautla Mazatec terms

• (Myanmar) /mɑu˧/

mau

1. a country

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Myanmar) /mɑu˧/
• (Lianghe) [mɑu³¹]
• (Longchuan) [mau³¹]
• (Luxi) [mau⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [mau³¹]

mau

1. sky

• No longer used alone in Myanmar in favour of the compound maukhung; Chinese dialects still use the standalone word, though.

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 79

mau

1. head

• Barunggam body parts

From Latin malus.

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

1. bad

• mauvois

• bon

• maufleit
• mauroge
• mauvoillance
• mauvoillant

From Latin male.

mau (comparative peis, superlative peis)

1. bad

From Latin malus.

mau m (plural maus, antonym bein)

1. evil

• bein

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑu̯/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑu
• Syllabification^(key): mau
• Hyphenation^(key): mau

mau

1. the sound a cat makes; meow

• “mau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• -uma, mua

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

• IPA^(key): /maʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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mau (strong nominative masculine singular mauer, comparative mauer, superlative am mauesten or am mausten) (informal)

1. unwell, queasy, poorly, ill

   Synonyms: unwohl, schlecht

   Mir ist mau. ― I feel queasy/ill/poorly.

   Ich fühle mich mau. ― I feel queasy/ill/poorly.

2. disappointing, bad, meagre (below expectations, either in quantity or quality, though typically not catastrophic)

   Synonym: dürftig

   Die Lage ist mau. ― The situation is bad.

   Die Ergebnisse sind mau. ― The results are poor.

mau (comparative mauer, superlative am mausten)

1. badly, bad
2. slack

   Die Geschäfte gehen mau. ― Business is slack.

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

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

mau

1. bad, evil, dangerous

• mal

IPA^(key): /ˈmau̯/, [ˈmɐw], [ˈmɔw] (rapid speech)

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

mau

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

• maoe (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

Inherited from Malay mahu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmau̯/ [ˈmau̯]
• Rhymes: -au̯
• Syllabification: mau

mau

1. to want

   Synonym: ingin

   1. (transitive) to wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand

      Synonym: hendak

      Kamu mau makan apa?

      What do you want to eat?

      Saya mau kamu meninggalkan kelas ini.

      I want you to leave this class.

   2. (transitive, in particular) to wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with

      Synonym: inginkan

      Aku mau sarapan yang manis.

      I want a sweet breakfast

      Dia mau pakaian baru.

      He wants new clothes.

   3. (intransitive) to experience desire; to wish

      Kamu boleh meninggalkan ruangan ini jika kamu mau.

      You can leave this room if you want.

2. (auxiliary) to will
   1. (somewhat informal) used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person

      Synonyms: hendak, akan

      Ibu mau pergi ke pasar untuk membeli bahan makanan.

      Mother will go to the market to buy food.

   2. to be able to, to have the capacity
   3. used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation

      Maukah kamu menikahiku?

      Will you marry me?

      Aku sudah memberitahukan dia berkali-kali, tapi dia tetap tak mau meminum obatnya.

      I've told him many times, but he still doesn't want to take his medicine.

mau

1. wish; desire (a hope or longing for something or for something to happen)

   Synonyms: keinginan, kemauan, kehendak

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

mau 

1. soft

mau

1. Rōmaji transcription of まう

From Portuguese mau.

mau

1. bad

• mal

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

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

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Rhymes: -u

mau

1. (informal, auxiliary) contraction of mahu

mau

1. (Northern) alternative form of mowe (“kinswoman”)

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

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

mau

1. (Gascony, Niçard) bad, badly

• trobà's mau

mau m (plural maus)

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

• Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, p. 93

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus,^[1][2] from Proto-Italic. Cognate with Galician mao and Spanish malo.

• Rhymes: -aw
• Homophone: mal (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: mau

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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mau (feminine má, masculine plural maus, feminine plural más, comparable, comparative pior, superlative o pior or 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

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

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.

• “mau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

mau

1. supreme

• ꞌariki mau

mau

1. opinion

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

mau

1. tsetse fly

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[3], 2005

mau

1. plural marker after a noun; many, much

mau

1. hold

From Malay mahu (“to want”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.u/

mau

1. (transitive) to want

• mawu

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

From Tolai mau (“banana”).

mau

1. ripe.

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

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ma(ː)w˧˧]

mau • (毛, 㕰, 𣭻, 牟, 哞, 𳄬)

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

mau • (毛, 㕰, 𣭻, 牟, 哞, 𳄬)

1. fast, quickly

   Synonym: nhanh

• chóng
• lẹ

• mua

• mãu

mau

1. water

Does not occur alone, but must be bound with a classifier; see mau u.

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017), Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[4], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 112
• B. Albert, G. Gomez, Saúde Yanomami: um manual etnolingüístico (1997), page 233: mãu u
• HG 1 [maup] (see also ASJP 1 [maup], ASJP 2 [mau; maup3, using '3' for 'ə'])

mau

1. alternative form of mãũ (“water”)