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au (uncountable)
From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch, Dutch ook, English eke, Swedish och.
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From Latin avis, avem.
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Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aw.
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Inherited from Latin au (“oh! ow! oh dear! goodness gracious!”).
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Inherited from Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).
au f (plural aus)
From Proto-Celebic *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.
au (Hangul spelling 아우)
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.
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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)
| Declension of au (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | au | aud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | au | ||
| genitive | aude | ||
| partitive | au | ausid | |
| illative | ausse | audesse | |
| inessive | aus | audes | |
| elative | aust | audest | |
| allative | aule | audele | |
| adessive | aul | audel | |
| ablative | ault | audelt | |
| translative | auks | audeks | |
| terminative | auni | audeni | |
| essive | auna | audena | |
| abessive | auta | audeta | |
| comitative | auga | audega | |
From Proto-Central-Pacific *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
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Natural.
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au (used with a singular masculine noun)
From Proto-Tani *fu.
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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.
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From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.
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| For pronunciation and definitions of au – see 漚 (“to soak for a prolonged period of time; to suppress one's feelings for a long time; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 漚). |
| For pronunciation and definitions of au – see 甌 (“cup”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 甌). |
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From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.
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Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aw.
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.
au (Lontara spelling ᨕᨕᨘ)
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.
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From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus (“current, flow”).
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From Proto-Polynesian *qahu, from Proto-Oceanic *qasu (“gall; gall bladder”).
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From Proto-Polynesian *qahu, from Proto-Oceanic *qasu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasu (“smoke; fume; steam”).
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From Proto-Polynesian *(q)au (“howl, bark”).
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| singular possessor | first person | oawoaioa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| second person | oawoamwen | ||
| third person | oawoa | ||
| dual possessors | first person inclusive | oawoasa | |
| first person exclusive | oawoama | ||
| second person | oawoamwa | ||
| third person | oawoara | ||
| plural possessors | first person inclusive | oawoasai | |
| first person exclusive | oawoamai | ||
| second person | oawoamwai | ||
| third person | oawoarai | ||
| remote plural possessors | first person inclusive | oawoahs | |
| first person exclusive | oawoami | ||
| second person | oawoamwi | ||
| third person | oawoahr | ||
| construct form | oawoan | ||
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.
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| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| au | unchanged | n-au |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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From Proto-Polynesian *au. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Maori au.
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From Proto-Polynesian *qau (“current, flow”).
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Probably from a Vulgar Latin *habunt, as a conjugated form of Latin habeō.
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Borrowed from Arabic أَو (ʔaw).
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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.
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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).
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From Proto-North Halmahera *aun (“blood”).
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, compare Indonesian aur.
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From Proto-North Halmahera *aun (“blood”).
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From Proto-Polynesian *au. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Samoan a'u.
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| Independent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| long | short | |||
| 1st person (excl.) | au, kita1 | ki māua | ki mā | ki mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ki tāua | ki tā | ki tātou |
| 2nd person | koe | koulua | koutou | |
| 3rd person | ia | ki lāua | ki lā | ki lātou |
| Agentive clitic | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person (excl.) | kō | ki mā | ki mātou | |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ki tā | ki tātou | |
| 2nd person | kē | koulua | koutou | |
| 3rd person | ia | ki lā | ki lātou | |
| 1) Sympathetic *) Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase. | ||||
From Proto-Polynesian *-u. Cognates include Hawaiian āu and Samoan āu.
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| Definite inalienable (O-type) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular reference | plural reference | |||||||
| sg | du | pl | sg | du | pl | |||
| long | short | long | short | |||||
| 1st person (excl.) | toku, tota1 |
to māua | to mā | to mātou | oku, ota1 |
o māua | o mā | o mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | to tāua | to tā | to tātou | ― | o tāua | o tā | o tātou |
| 2nd person | tō | toulua | toutou | ō | oulua | outou | ||
| 3rd person | tona | to lāua | to lā | to lātou | ona | o lāua | o lā | o lātou |
| Definite alienable (A-type) | ||||||||
| singular reference | plural reference | |||||||
| sg | du | pl | sg | du | pl | |||
| long | short | long | short | |||||
| 1st person (excl.) | taku, tata1 |
ta māua | ta mā | ta mātou | aku, ata1 |
a māua | a mā | a mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ta tāua | ta tā | ta tātou | ― | a tāua | a tā | a tātou |
| 2nd person | tau | taulua | tautou | au | aulua | autou | ||
| 3rd person | tana | ta lāua | ta lā | ta lātou | ana | a lāua | a lā | a lātou |
| Indefinite inalienable (O-type) | ||||||||
| singular reference | plural reference | |||||||
| sg | du | pl | sg | du | pl | |||
| long | short | long | short | |||||
| 1st person (excl.) | hoku, hota1 |
ho māua | ho mā | ho mātou | ni oku, ni ota1 |
ni o māua | ni o mā | ni o mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ho tāua | ho tā | ho tātou | ― | ni o tāua | ni o tā | ni o tātou |
| 2nd person | hō | houlua | houtou | ni ō | ni oulua | ni outou | ||
| 3rd person | hona | ho lāua | ho lā | ho lātou | ni ona | ni o lāua | ni o lā | ni o lātou |
| Indefinite alienable (A-type) | ||||||||
| singular reference | plural reference | |||||||
| sg | du | pl | sg | du | pl | |||
| long | short | long | short | |||||
| 1st person (excl.) | haku, hata1 |
ha māua | ha mā | ha mātou | ni aku, ni ata1 |
ni a māua | ni a mā | ni a mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ha tāua | ha tā | ha tātou | ― | ni a tāua | ni a tā | ni a tātou |
| 2nd person | hau | haulua | hautou | ni au | ni aulua | ni autou | ||
| 3rd person | hana | ha lāua | ha lā | ha lātou | ni ana | ni a lāua | ni a lā | ni a lātou |
| 1) Sympathetic | ||||||||
From Proto-Polynesian *aqu. Cognates include Tongan aʻu and Samoan au.
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From Proto-Polynesian *qau. Cognats include Hawaiian au and Maori au.
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From Proto-Polynesian *qahu. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Samoan au.
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From Proto-Polynesian *hau. Cognates include Maori au and Samoan au.
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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.
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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.
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| Conjugation of au (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | taau | maau | aau | |
| 2nd person | naau | faau | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | iau | daau | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | naau, au | faau, au | ||
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