Mau

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mȧu, the rendering of Egyptian mjw (cat) in Karl Richard Lepsius’s 19th-century transcription system.

Noun[edit]

Mau (plural Maus)

  1. A kind of short-haired domestic cat.

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mau f (plural Maue, diminutive Mäuche)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian) sleeve

Synonyms[edit]