iau

• ieu

iau

1. water
2. rain

• 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)

iau

1. water

• aïe
• aigue (Eguzon)

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

IPA^(key): /jo/

iau

1. (Auve) water

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

iau

1. jussive of iai

For pronunciation and definitions of iau – see 枵 (“hungry”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枵).

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

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

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

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of a cat meowing

iau (Jawi spelling ايياو)

1. to meow

• “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

From Old French ewe, Latin aqua.

• IPA^(key): /jaʊ/, /jo/

iau f (plural iaux)

1. water

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

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)

Latin aqua.

iau

1. water

• aive
• aigue, ève (Saintongeais)

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

• IPA^(key): [jaw]

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• Homophone: i-au

iau

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

iau

1. First-person singular pronoun: I, me

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

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

iau m or f (plural ieuau or ieuoedd)

1. yoke (frame around the neck)

• ieuo (“yoke”, verb)

Variant of afu (“liver”).

iau m or f (plural ieuau)

1. (North Wales) liver

   Synonym: afu

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

iau

1. comparative degree of ieuanc (“young”)
2. comparative degree of ifanc (“young”)

• 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