piau

== Äiwoo == === Verb === piau to suck in (e.g. water through a straw) === References === Ross, Malcolm; Næss, Åshild (December 2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[1], volume 46, number 2, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, pages 456–98 == Bourbonnais-Berrichon == === Noun === piau f skin === References === == Champenois == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pjo/ === Noun === piau m alternative form of pé == Hokkien == == Occitan == === Noun === piau m (plural piaus) (Limousin) hair == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh pieu, from Old Welsh *piou (attested in piouboi), from *pi- (oblique case of pui (“who”)) and -wy, variant of yw (form of bod); compare Middle Cornish pew and Middle Breton bi(a)ou. === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.aɨ̯/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.ɛ/, /ˈpiː.a/ (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.ai̯/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.ɛ/ === Verb === piau (defective; invariable) own, possess ==== Usage notes ==== As with angen and eisiau, piau does not use linking yn with bod and has no stem, meaning it must be used with periphrasis. piau most often occurs in the soft-mutated form biau. piau is frequently used in relative clauses, where the auxiliary is sometimes omitted, as in the first example above. ==== Derived terms ==== taw piau hi (“mum's the word”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “piau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies