Mau
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mau"
English
editEtymology
editFrom mȧu, the rendering of Egyptian mjw (“cat”) in Karl Richard Lepsius’s 19th-century transcription system.
Noun
editMau (plural Maus)
- A kind of short-haired domestic cat.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editCentral Franconian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German mouwe, from Old High German mouwa, from Proto-West Germanic *mauwu, from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”). Cognate with Dutch mouw.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMau f (plural Maue, diminutive Mäuche)
Synonyms
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from Egyptian
- English terms derived from Egyptian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian nouns
- Central Franconian feminine nouns
- Ripuarian Franconian