# amau
## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abu/

### Noun

amau
* ash (solid remains of a fire)
* dust
    Synonym: abu

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmau/
* Hyphenation: a‧ma‧u
* Rhymes: -u

### Etymology 1

From Belitung Malay [Term?].

#### Noun

amau (plural amau-amau, first-person possessive amauku, second-person possessive amaumu, third-person possessive amaunya)
* waterlogged land.

### Etymology 2

From Serua [Term?].

#### Noun

amau (plural amau-amau, first-person possessive amauku, second-person possessive amaumu, third-person possessive amaunya)
* hair that grows on the body other than hair.

### Further reading

* “amau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* amheuo

### Etymology

From Middle Welsh amheu, from Proto-Celtic *ambisuweti.

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˈamaɨ̯/
** (North Wales, colloquial) IPA: /ˈamɛ/, /ˈama/
** (South Wales, colloquial) IPA: /ˈamɛ/
* Rhymes: -amaɨ̯

### Verb

amau (first-person singular present amheuaf)
* to doubt
* to suspect

#### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | amheuaf | amheui | amau, amheua | amheuwn | amheuwch | amheuant | amheuir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | amheuwn | amheuit | amheuai | amheuem | amheuech | amheuent | amheuid |
| preterite | amheuais | amheuaist | amheuodd | ameuasom | ameuasoch | ameuasant | amheuwyd |
| pluperfect | ameuaswn | ameuasit | ameuasai | ameuasem | ameuasech | ameuasent | ameuasid, ameuesid |
| present subjunctive | amheuwyf | amheuych | amheuo | amheuom | amheuoch | amheuont | amheuer |
| imperative | — | amheua | amheued | amheuwn | amheuwch | amheuent | amheuer |
| verbal noun | amau | amau | amau | amau | amau | amau | amau |
| verbal adjectives | ameuedig ameuadwy | ameuedig ameuadwy | ameuedig ameuadwy | ameuedig ameuadwy | ameuedig ameuadwy | ameuedig ameuadwy | ameuedig ameuadwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | amheua i, amheuaf i | amheui di | amheuith o/e/hi, amheuiff e/hi | amheuwn ni | amheuwch chi | amheuan nhw |
| conditional | amheuwn i, amheuswn i | amheuet ti, amheuset ti | amheuai fo/fe/hi, amheusai fo/fe/hi | amheuen ni, amheusen ni | amheuech chi, amheusech chi | amheuen nhw, amheusen nhw |
| preterite | amheuais i, amheues i | amheuaist ti, amheuest ti | amheuodd o/e/hi | amheuon ni | amheuoch chi | amheuon nhw |
| imperative | — | amheua | — | — | amheuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||
* Alternative second-person singular present subjunctive: amheuech
* Alternative verbal noun: amheuedig

#### Derived terms

* amheuaeth (“doubt, suspicion”)
* amheus (“doubtful, suspicious”)
* diamau (“undoubted, certain”)
* heb amau (“without doubt”)

### Further reading

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