amuar

amuar

1. (Vegliot) Alternative form of amur (“to love”)

• Ive, A. (1886), “L'antico dialetto di Veglia [The old dialect of Veglia]”, in G. I. Ascoli, editor, Archivio glottologico italiano [Italian linguistic archive], volume 9, Rome: E. Loescher, pages 115–187

• amoar

From Old Galician-Portuguese mu (“mule”).

• IPA^(key): [a.mu.ˈaɾ]

amuar (first-person singular present amúo, first-person singular preterite amuei, past participle amuado)

1. (transitive) to annoy
2. (transitive) to sulk
3. (of sheep) to hide the head in the herd
4. (figurative, transitive) to chill
5. to hush

• mula

• “amuar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “amuar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “amuar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From a- +‎ mu (“mule”) +‎ -ar.

amuar (first-person singular present amuo, first-person singular preterite amuei, past participle amuado)

1. (intransitive) to sulk (to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
2. (transitive) to annoy

   Synonym: aborrecer

• amuado