ау

See also: ay and аю

Adyghe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aːw]

Adverb

ау • (awu)

  1. there, within that area (far away from here)
    ау макӏоawu makʷʼohe is going there
    ау гъэтӏылъawu ğɛtʼəlˢput it there
    ау ущымыщхawu wuśəməśxdon't eat there
  2. but
    Сыгу къео, ау сэ нэмыкI Iофхэр сиI.Səgʷu qewo, awu sɛ nɛməkʼ ʼwofxɛr siʼ.I am sorry, but I already have plans.
    сиунэ къакӏу, ау цуакъэ плъыжьыхэр къэхьыхsiwunɛ qakʷʼu, awu cʷaqɛ plˢəźəxɛr qɛḥəxCome to my house, but bring the red shoes.

Bashkir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑw]
  • Hyphenation: ау (one syllable)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āg (net). Compare to Kazakh ау (au), Southern Altai уу (uu), Turkish .

Noun

ау • (aw)

  1. (hunting) trap, snare
  2. (fishing) net, dragnet, seine
  3. spiderweb, cobweb

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āb (hunt, chase).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉 (ab, hunt), Turkish av (hunt, hunting).

Noun

ау • (aw)

  1. hunt, hunting expedition
Declension
Declension of ау
singular plural
absolute ау (aw) ауҙар (awźar)
definite genitive ауҙың (awźıñ) ауҙарҙың (awźarźıñ)
dative ауға (awğa) ауҙарға (awźarğa)
definite accusative ауҙы (awźı) ауҙарҙы (awźarźı)
locative ауҙа (awźa) ауҙарҙа (awźarźa)
ablative ауҙан (awźan) ауҙарҙан (awźarźan)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اۋ
Cyrillic ау
Latin au

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āg (net).

Noun

ау • (au)

  1. fishing net
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āb (hunt, chase).

Noun

ау • (au)

  1. (archaic) hunt, hunting expedition
Declension
Declension of ау
singular plural
nominative ау (au) аулар (aular)
genitive аудың (audyñ) аулардың (aulardyñ)
dative ауға (auğa) ауларға (aularğa)
accusative ауды (audy) ауларды (aulardy)
locative ауда (auda) ауларда (aularda)
ablative аудан (audan) аулардан (aulardan)
instrumental аумен (aumen) аулармен (aularmen)

Etymology 3

Interjection

ау • (au)

  1. ah, oh

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈau]

Interjection

ау • (au)

  1. oh my
  2. ow, ouch

Nivkh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ау (au)

  1. (Amur) voice
  2. (Amur) sound

References

  • 丹菊逸治 (Itsuji Tangiku) (2014) ニヴフ語サハリン方言語彙集 (Sakhalin Nivkh word list)[1] (in Japanese), Sapporo: 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター (Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University)


Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaʊ]

Interjection

а́у • (áu)

  1. (colloquial) huh? (used as a response to one's name being called or to indicate not quite having heard something)
    Synonyms: а (a), (diminutive) а́ушки (áuški)
    Юль! — А́у?
    — Julʹ! — Áu?
    — Yuliya! — Huh?

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈu]

Interjection

ау́ • ()

  1. hello? (is anyone there?)

Tatar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āb. Cognate to Bashkir ау (aw), etc.

Noun

ау • (aw)

  1. hunt

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āg. Cognate to Bashkir ау (aw), etc.

Noun

ау • (aw)

  1. net