See also: ay and аю

Adyghe

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Adverb

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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

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ау (aw)

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *āb (hunt, chase).

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

Noun

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ау (aw)

  1. hunt, hunting expedition
Declension
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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

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Alternative scripts
Arabic اۋ
Cyrillic ау
Latin au

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *āg (net).

Noun

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ау (au)

  1. fishing net
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *āb (hunt, chase).

Noun

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ау (au)

  1. (archaic) hunt, hunting expedition
Declension
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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

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Interjection

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ау (au)

  1. ah, oh

Macedonian

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ау (au)

  1. oh my
  2. ow, ouch

Nivkh

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Noun

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ау (au)

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

Russian

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Etymology 1

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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?

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ау́ ()

  1. hello? (is anyone there?)

Tatar

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ау (aw)

  1. hunt

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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ау (aw)

  1. net