Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mahout
Participle: mahouted
Gerund: mahouting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mahout |
| you | mahout |
| he;she;it | mahouts |
| we | mahout |
| you | mahout |
| they | mahout |
Perfect
| I | have mahouted |
| you | have mahouted |
| he;she;it | has mahouted |
| we | have mahouted |
| you | have mahouted |
| they | have mahouted |
Past
| I | mahouted |
| you | mahouted |
| he;she;it | mahouted |
| we | mahouted |
| you | mahouted |
| they | mahouted |
Pluperfect
| I | had mahouted |
| you | had mahouted |
| he;she;it | had mahouted |
| we | had mahouted |
| you | had mahouted |
| they | had mahouted |
Future
| I | will mahout |
| you | will mahout |
| he;she;it | will mahout |
| we | will mahout |
| you | will mahout |
| they | will mahout |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mahouted |
| you | will have mahouted |
| he;she;it | will have mahouted |
| we | will have mahouted |
| you | will have mahouted |
| they | will have mahouted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mahout |
| you | mahout |
| he;she;it | mahout |
| we | mahout |
| you | mahout |
| they | mahout |
Perfect
| I | have mahouted |
| you | have mahouted |
| he;she;it | have mahouted |
| we | have mahouted |
| you | have mahouted |
| they | have mahouted |
Imperfect
| I | mahouted |
| you | mahouted |
| he;she;it | mahouted |
| we | mahouted |
| you | mahouted |
| they | mahouted |
Pluperfect
| I | had mahouted |
| you | had mahouted |
| he;she;it | had mahouted |
| we | had mahouted |
| you | had mahouted |
| they | had mahouted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mahout |
| you | would mahout |
| he;she;it | would mahout |
| we | would mahout |
| you | would mahout |
| they | would mahout |
Perfect
| I | would have mahouted |
| you | would have mahouted |
| he;she;it | would have mahouted |
| we | would have mahouted |
| you | would have mahouted |
| they | would have mahouted |
Imperative
| you | mahout |
| we | Let's mahout |
| you | mahout |
Verbs conjugated like 'mahout'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mahout'
cahoot,
ragout,
shout,
abhour,
abort,
abut,
adhort,
adopt,
ahoy,
amount,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *méǵh₂s
3. The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).
4. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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Word was passed down the river, the call going out for the bravest of Brul mahouting only the strongest of mounts. [1984 August, Alan Dean Foster, chapter XI, in Voyage to the City of the Dead (A Del Rey Book), New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 151:]
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Don't forget, though, your wedding will always be memorable to you yourself, […] On the other hand, even if you arrive on an elephant mahouted by Lady Gaga, there will still be guests in years to come who won't be able to remember whose wedding that was because they were aged 26–32 at the time and it was the eighth wedding they were at that year. [2016, Colm O’Regan, “Standing on Ceremony”, in Bolloxology, London: Transworld Ireland, →ISBN, part 1 (Private), page 50:]
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First a team of six ponied pulling a miniature fire engine jumping with midget firefighters, then a dozen scantily mahouted elephants painted pink, came out of the arc light and sawdut into neon glow and mirroring asphalt. [1957 July, Edward Wellen, “Sweet Dreams”, in Larry T[aylor] Shaw, editor, Infinity Science Fiction, volume 2, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Royal Publications, →OCLC, pages 67–68:]
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Traditionally they are hunters and gatherers but today they are agricultural labourers. […] They are experts at collecting honey and mahouting. [2010, Rajeevan R., “A Socio-political Analysis of the Tribes in Kerala”, in Towards Political Empowerment: Political Socialization and Political Participation of Tribal Community in Kerala, Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, →ISBN, page 41:]