iau

Alternative forms

• ieu

Noun

iau

1. water
2. rain

Further reading

• A. J. Verrier, Glossaire étymologique et historique des patois et des parlers de l'Anjou (1908)
• C. Ménière, Glossaire angevin étymologique comparé avec différents dialects (1881)
• Maurice Davau, Le Vieux parler tourangeau: sa phonétique, ses mots et locutions (1979)
• René Coursault, Contes naïfs et nouvelles facétieuses: le parler tourangeau (1990)

Noun

iau

1. water

Further reading

• Paul Duchon, Grammaire et dictionnaire du patois bourbonnais (canton de Varennes)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jo/

Noun

iau

1. (Auve) water

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎ (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110

Verb

iau

1. jussive of iai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qiaw (“animal cry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iau̯/, /ia̯u̯/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [iʲäu̯]

Noun

iau (Jawi spelling ايياو, plural iau-iau, informal 1st possessive iauku, 2nd possessive iaumu, 3rd possessive iaunya)

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of a cat meowing

Verb

iau (Jawi spelling ايياو)

1. to meow

Further reading

• “iau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qiaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Etymology

From Old French ewe, Latin aqua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʊ/, /jo/

Noun

iau f (plural iaux)

1. water

Etymology

From Old French iaue, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare French eau.

Noun

iau f

1. water (drinkable liquid)
   • (Old anonymous Picard poem)

     Cate seuris rapache par chi,
     Je te barai du pain meusi,
     Et pis dal l'iau a bouère,
     Cate seuris tout noère.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology

Latin aqua.

Noun

iau

1. water

Further reading

• Pierre Rézeau, Le "Vocabulaire poitevin" (1808–1825) de Lubin Mauduyt: Édition critique (1994)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaw]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: i-au

Verb

iau

1. inflection of lua:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Pronoun

iau

1. First-person singular pronoun: I, me

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /jaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /jai̯/
• Homophone: Iau (“Jupiter”)
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *jọw, from Proto-Celtic *yugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Etymology 2

Variant of afu (“liver”).

Etymology 3

From a form Proto-Celtic *yow-yos, an irregular comparative of *yuwankos.

Mutation

Further reading

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