au

au

1. IAU recommended unit symbol for astronomical unit

IAU bodies, such as the Minor Planet Center, themselves frequently use AU instead of "au"

• ua (BIPM recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical unit)
• ㍳ (Unicode glyph for astronomical unit)

au (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of atomic unit.
2. Abbreviation of arbitrary unit.
3. Abbreviation of astronomical unit.
4. Abbreviation of Absorbance Units.

• U/A, UA, uA

• ou

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch, Dutch ook, English eke, Swedish och.

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /æʊ/

au

1. also, too

From Latin avis, avem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯/
• Rhymes: -au̯
• Syllabification: au

au f (plural aus)

1. bird

• “ave”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aw.

au

1. you (singular)

au

1. yes

   Au, ip'as!.

   Yes, alright!.

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈaw]
• Rhymes: -aw

Inherited from Latin au (“oh! ow! oh dear! goodness gracious!”).

au

1. now (as an incitement to action or to a decision)

Inherited from Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

au f (plural aus)

1. bird

   Synonym: ocell

• ocell

• “au” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “au”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “au” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “au” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• 아우

From Proto-Celebic *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

au (Hangul spelling 아우)

1. dog (animal)

The sense “north” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago su a Trénto (“I go north to Trento”, literally “I go up to Trento”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

au (Sette Comuni)

1. up, upwards

   au un abe ― up and down

   Au in de pèrghe machelts khalt

   Up in the mountains it is cold.

2. north, up north

   Ich ghéa au kan Triin.

   I'm going up north to Trento.

• abe, abar

• au, au
• denàu
• ghéenan au naach
• haltan au

• “au” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

au

1. ouch

   Synonym: auvajs

• auw

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: au
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

au

1. ouch!

   Au, ja dat doet pijn! ― Ouch, yeah that hurts!

• Negerhollands: au, o
• Petjo: aoew

au

1. H-system spelling of aŭ

From Proto-Finnic *auvo, itself possibly from Proto-Germanic *auja-, compare Old Norse ey (“luck, heavenly aid”) and Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐌹- (awi-) in 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (awiliuþ). Cognate to Finnish auvo and Livonian o’v. Possibly related to the verb avama.

au (genitive au, partitive au)

1. honour/honor, respect

• aus

• auhind
• aupaklik
• ausõna
• autasu
• meheau
• mundriau

From Proto-Central-Pacific *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Natural.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯/, [ˈɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑu
• Syllabification^(key): au

au

1. ow, ouch

• ai
• auts

• “au”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• -ua

• IPA^(key): /o/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: aulx, aux, eau, eaux, haut, hauts, ho, o, ô, oh, os

au (used with a singular masculine noun)

1. Contraction of à le (“to the, for the, at the”).

   Il étudie la musique au conservatoire.

   He studies music at the conservatory.

• à la
• à l’
• aux

• “au”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ua

From Proto-Tani *fu.

au

1. grease, fat, oil

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯/, [ˈɐw], [ˈɔw] (rapid speech)

au

1. I (personal pronoun)

• Unlike other personal pronouns, au has a separate object form aʻu.

• wau

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

au

1. era, period of time
2. current (water)
3. movement

au

1. (intransitive) to flow
2. (intransitive) to move

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “au”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

au

1. tree

au

1. yes

• IPA^(key): [øyː]

au

1. An exclamation of awe and surprise; wow.

• nau
• vá

au

1. Rōmaji transcription of あう

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

au

1. dog (animal)

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aw.

au

1. you (singular)

• Fortescue, Michael D., Vajda, Edward J. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408: “au”

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯/, [äu̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯/, [äːu̯]

au

1. Alternative form of hau (“expressing pain or grief; oh! ah!”)

• “au”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “au”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• au in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈau]

au (Lontara spelling ᨕᨕᨘ)

1. ash

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

• ahau

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
   • 2021, “Titokowaru”, performed by Alien Weaponry:

     Ka pīrangi au te kikokiko pākeha

     I crave the flesh of the Pakeha (white man)

2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus (“current, flow”).

au

1. current (water)

   Synonyms: kato, āwai, ia

2. whirlpool; rapid

   Synonym: ripo

3. wake (of a canoe, etc.)
4. sea; ocean

   Synonyms: tai, moana

From Proto-Polynesian *qahu, from Proto-Oceanic *qasu (“gall; gall bladder”).

au

1. gall; gall bladder

   Synonym: kouawai

From Proto-Polynesian *qahu, from Proto-Oceanic *qasu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasu (“smoke; fume; steam”).

au

1. smoke

   Synonyms: auahi, paoa

2. cloud

   Synonyms: ao, kapua

3. mist; fog

   Synonyms: haumaringi, kohu

From Proto-Polynesian *(q)au (“howl, bark”).

au

1. to howl, bark (of a dog)

• “au” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

au

1. Alternative form of awe

au

1. yes

• apia

au

1. mouth

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Old Norse auk.

au

1. also, too (used mostly in dialects)

• òg
• også

au!

1. ouch!

• “nb” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /œʊː/

From Old Norse auk.

au

1. also, too

• òg
• ogso
• også

au!

1. ouch!

au

1. imperative of aua

• “au” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• al

au

1. Contraction of a le (“to the”).

au

1. Alternative spelling of áu (“ear”)

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /aw/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: au

au

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

   Synonyms: aua, auć

• au in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• au in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• ai

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: au

au

1. ouch (expression of minor physical pain)

• au au

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.u/
• Hyphenation: a‧u

From Proto-Polynesian *au. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Maori au.

au

1. I, me
   • 1995, Rapanui: A descriptive grammar‎, page 153:

     Ko tikea 'a e au te moai nui nui ...

     I have seen a big statue.

     Note: This source does not show non-ambiguous glottal stops.

From Proto-Polynesian *qau (“current, flow”).

au

1. current

   He haro te vaka i te au.

   The boat is towed off course in the current.

• “au”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 140
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 140

• aŭ — old orthography

• IPA^(key): /aw/

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *habunt,[1] as a conjugated form of Latin habeō.

au

1. third-person plural present indicative of avea

   (they) have

au

1. (ele/ei) au (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

   (they) have (+ past participle)

• am
• ai
• a
• ați

From Latin aut.

au

1. (rare, regional, archaic) or
   • 1883, Luceafărul, Mihai Eminescu, 149-152:

     Dar cum ai vrea să mă cobor?
     Au nu-nțelegi tu oare,
     Cum că eu sunt nemuritor,
     Și tu ești muritoare?

     But how would I descend to thee?
     Or don't you understand,
     That I am immortal
     And thou a mortal art?

• sau, ori

au

1. (interrogative, rhetorical) well?, (now) really?

• oare

Borrowed from Arabic أَو (ʔaw).

• Audio (Kenya)

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au

1. or

• ama

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

au

1. to sew

From Proto-Tai *ʔawᴬ (“to take”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩐᩣ, Lao ເອົາ (ʼao), Lü ᦀᧁ (˙ʼaw), Tai Dam ꪹꪮꪱ, Shan ဢဝ် (ʼǎo), Ahom 𑜒𑜧 (ʼaw) or 𑜒𑜧𑜈𑜫 (ʼaww) or 𑜒𑜨𑜧 (ʼow), Zhuang aeu, Thai เอา (ao).

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˦˥]

au (㓜)

1. to take; to seize; to receive

   au chèn ― to seize money

   㓜𦙦俙麻排對倍

   Au săm hây mà pài đuổi vậu

   I give out all of my feelings to them.

2. to marry

   au căn ― to marry each other

   𠬠丿[⿰弄下]道呂㓜夫

   Một phít lồng đạo lả au phua

   In an instant, (she) came down to the mortal world to get married.

• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

From Proto-North Halmahera *aun (“blood”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.u]

au

1. blood

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, compare Indonesian aur.

au

1. bamboo

From Proto-North Halmahera *aun (“blood”).

au

1. blood

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.u]
• Hyphenation: a‧u

From Proto-Polynesian *au. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Samoan a'u.

au

1. I, me

From Proto-Polynesian *-u. Cognates include Hawaiian āu and Samoan āu.

au

1. (alienable) thy, your

From Proto-Polynesian *aqu. Cognates include Tongan aʻu and Samoan au.

au

1. (intransitive, + ki) to reach
2. (stative) to be matured at birth

From Proto-Polynesian *qau. Cognats include Hawaiian au and Maori au.

au

1. current, flow (of water)

From Proto-Polynesian *qahu. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Samoan au.

au

1. gall, bile
2. gall bladder

From Proto-Polynesian *hau. Cognates include Maori au and Samoan au.

au

1. needle for thatching
2. comb of needles for tattooing

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3

• ou

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

• IPA^(key): /a.u/

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔa(ː)w˧˧]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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au

1. bright and cheerful

• "au" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.u/

au

1. (transitive) to climb, ascend

   taau to pu ― I climb the mountain

2. (intransitive, of the moon) to rise

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as aw)
• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

au

1. yes