# au
## Translingual
### Symbol

au
* IAU recommended unit symbol for astronomical unit

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

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

## English
### Noun

au (plural au)
* Abbreviation of atomic unit.
* Abbreviation of arbitrary unit.
* Abbreviation of astronomical unit.
* Abbreviation of Absorbance Units.

### Noun

au
* A vowel found in Indic abugidas.
    Synonym: letter au

### Anagrams

* U/A, UA, uA

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* ou

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Zürich) IPA: /æʊ/

### Adverb

au
* also, too

## Aragonese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈau̯/
* Rhymes: -au̯
* Syllabification: au

#### Interjection

au
* now, let's go (as an incitement to action or to a decision)
    Synonym: aire
* ouch (An expression of one's own physical pain)
    Synonyms: ai, ah, oh, holio, conyo, conye, sinyor
* aha (An Expression of incredulity or doubt)
    Synonyms: au-va, araba, ah, va
* please (When asking for something in a familiar tone)
    Synonyms: per favor, au va

### Etymology 2

From Latin avis, avem.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈau̯/
* Rhymes: -au̯
* Syllabification: au

#### Noun

au f (plural aus)
* bird

### References

* “ave”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
* Gramatica basica de l'aragonés (2017)

## Arin
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aw.

### Pronoun

au
* you (singular)

## Big Nambas
### Interjection

au
* yes
    Au, ip'as!.Yes, alright!.

### References

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈaw]
* Rhymes: -aw

### Etymology 1

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

#### Interjection

au
* now (as an incitement to action or to a decision)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

au f (plural aus)
* bird
    Synonym: ocell

##### Related terms

* ocell

### Further reading

* “au” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “au”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Cia-Cia
### Etymology

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

### Noun

au (Hangul spelling 아우)
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

The sense “north” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetan: 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.

### Adverb

au (Sette Comuni)
* up, upwards
    au un abe ― up and down
    Au in de pèrghe machelts khaltUp in the mountains it is cold.
* north, up north
    Ich ghéa au kan Triin.I'm going up north to Trento.

#### Antonyms

* abe, abar

#### Derived terms

* au, au
* denàu
* ghéenan au naach
* haltan au

### References

* “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

## Czech
### Interjection

au
* ouch
    Synonym: auvajs

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* auw

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑu̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: au
* Rhymes: -ɑu̯

### Interjection

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

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: au, o
* Petjo: aoew

## Esperanto
### Conjunction

au
* H-system spelling of aŭ

## Estonian
### Etymology

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.

### Noun

au (genitive au, partitive au)
* honour/honor, respect

#### Derived terms

* aus

#### Compounds

* auhind
* aupaklik
* ausõna
* autasu
* meheau
* mundriau

## Fijian
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

#### See also
## Finnish
### Etymology

Natural.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑu̯/, [ˈɑ̝u̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑu
* Hyphenation: au

### Interjection

au
* ow, ouch

#### Synonyms

* ai
* auts

### Further reading

* “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

### Anagrams

* -ua

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o/
** Audio (Paris):(file)
* Rhymes: -o
* Homophones: aulx, aux, eau, eaux, haut, hauts, ho, o, ô, oh, os

### Contraction

au (used with a singular masculine noun)
* Contraction of à le (“to the, for the, at the”).
    Synonym: à le — Louisiana
    Il étudie la musique au conservatoire.He studies music at the conservatory.

### See also

* à la
* à l’
* aux

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* ua

## Galo
### Etymology

From Proto-Tani *fu.

### Noun

au
* grease, fat, oil

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈau̯/, [ˈɐw], [ˈɔw] (rapid speech)

#### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)

##### Usage notes

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

##### Synonyms

* wau

##### See also
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus (compare with Fijian yau), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus (“current, flow” – compare with Malay arus, Tagalog ágos).

#### Noun

au
* era, period of time
* current (water)
* movement

#### Verb

au
* (intransitive) to flow
* (intransitive) to move

### References

* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 96

### References

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

## Hiri Motu
### Etymology

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

### Noun

au
* tree

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of au – see 漚 (“to soak for a prolonged period of time; to steep; 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).

## Iban
### Interjection

au
* yes

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [øyː]

### Interjection

au
* An exclamation of awe and surprise; wow.
    Synonyms: nau, vá

## Japanese
### Romanization

au
* Rōmaji transcription of あう

## Kedang
### Etymology

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

### Noun

au
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Kiowa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ/

### Letter

au (upper case Au)
* A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

## Kott
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aw.

### Pronoun

au
* you (singular)

### References

* Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (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”

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /au̯/, [äu̯]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /au̯/, [äːu̯]

### Interjection

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

### References

* “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.

## Makasar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈau]

### Noun

au (Lontara spelling ᨕᨕᨘ)
* ash

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Etymology 1) IPA: [a.u]
** Rhymes: -u
** Hyphenation: a‧u
* (Etymology 2) IPA: [au̯]
** Rhymes: -au̯
** Hyphenation: au

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Austronesian *au₂.

#### Interjection

au (Jawi spelling اءو)
* (Brunei, Sarawak) Used to express affirmation; yes.
    Synonyms: ya, haah, ia

### Etymology 2

From English ouch.

#### Interjection

au (Jawi spelling او)
* Used to express pain; ouch.
    Synonyms: aduh, adoi, waduh

### See also

* Au

### Further reading

* “au” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maori
### Etymology 1

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 (compare with Malay aku, Tagalog ako.

#### Alternative forms

* ahau

#### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)
** 2021, “Titokowaru”, performed by Alien Weaponry:Ka pīrangi au te kikokiko pākehāI crave the flesh of the Pakeha (white man)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)

##### See also
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus (compare with Fijian yau), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus (“current, flow” – compare with Malay arus, Tagalog ágos).

#### Noun

au
* current (water)
    Synonyms: kato, āwai, ia
* whirlpool; rapid
    Synonym: ripo
* wake (of a canoe, etc.)
* sea; ocean
    Synonyms: tai, moana

#### References

* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 96

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

au
* gall; gall bladder
    Synonym: kouawai

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Polynesian *qahu (compare with Tahitian au, Tongan ʻahu, Samoan ʻasu), from Proto-Oceanic *qasu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasu (“smoke; fume; steam” – compare with Cebuano aso, Tagalog aso);

#### Noun

au
* smoke
    Synonyms: auahi, paoa
* cloud
    Synonyms: ao, kapua
* mist; fog
    Synonyms: haumaringi, kohu

#### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qahu.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 78

### Etymology 5

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

#### Verb

au
* to howl, bark (of a dog)

#### References
### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “au”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 4
* “au” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Middle English
### Noun

au
* Alternative form of awe

## Miskito
### Particle

au
* yes

#### Antonyms

* apia

## Mokilese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈau/, [ˈaw]

### Noun

au
* mouth

#### Derived terms

* koapin au (“chin”)

## Niuean
### Etymology

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.

### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

#### See also
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse auk.

#### Adverb

au
* also, too (used mostly in dialects)

##### Synonyms

* òg
* også

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

au!
* ouch!

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /œʊː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse auk.

#### Adverb

au
* also, too

##### Synonyms

* òg
* ogso
* også

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

au!
* ouch!

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

au
* imperative of aua

### References

* “au” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* al

### Contraction

au
* Contraction of a le (“to the”).

## Old Irish
### Noun

au
* Alternative spelling of áu (“ear”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaw/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aw
* Syllabification: au

### Interjection

au
* ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)
    Synonyms: aua, auć

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* ai

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw/ [ˈaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈaw/
* Rhymes: -aw
* Hyphenation: au

### Interjection

au
* ouch (expression of minor physical pain)

### See also

* au au

## Rapa Nui
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.u/
* Hyphenation: a‧u

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

au
* 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.

#### See also
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

au
* current
    He haro te vaka i te au.The boat is towed off course in the current.

### References

* “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

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* aŭ — old orthography

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aw/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

au
* third-person plural present indicative of avea
    (they) have

#### Verb

au
* (ele/ei) au (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
    (they) have (+ past participle)

##### Related terms

* am
* ai
* a
* ați

### Etymology 2

From Latin aut.

#### Conjunction

au
* (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?

##### Synonyms

* sau, ori

#### Adverb

au
* (interrogative, rhetorical) well?, (now) really?

##### Synonyms

* oare

### References

* ↑ http://www.lingv.ro/RRL%201-2%202009%20Nevaci,%20Todi.pdf

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَو (ʔaw).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Conjunction

au
* or

#### Synonyms

* ama

## Tahitian
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

#### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

au
* to sew

## Tày
### Alternative forms

* âu

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

au (㓜)
* to take; to seize; to receive
    au chèn ― to seize money
* to marry
    au căn ― to marry each other

#### Derived terms

* au châư
* au làng
* au lường

### References

* 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
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Ternate
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.u]

### Noun

au
* blood

### References

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

## Tetum
### Etymology

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

### Noun

au
* bamboo

## Tidore
### Etymology

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

### Noun

au
* blood

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.u]
* Hyphenation: a‧u

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

au
* I, me

##### See also

$^{1)}$ Sympathetic $^{*)}$ Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Determiner

au
* (alienable) thy, your

##### See also

$^{1)}$ Sympathetic

### Etymology 3

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

#### Verb

au
* (intransitive, + ki) to reach
* (stative) to be matured at birth

### Etymology 4

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

#### Noun

au
* current, flow (of water)

### Etymology 5

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

#### Noun

au
* gall, bile
* gall bladder

### Etymology 6

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

#### Noun

au
* needle for thatching
* comb of needles for tattooing

### References

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

## Tongan
### Alternative forms

* ou

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.u/

### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

## Tuvaluan
### Etymology

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.

### Pronoun

au
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

#### See also
## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔaw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔaw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔa(ː)w˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Adjective

au
* (of color, usually red) bright, lively

### Further reading

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

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.u/

### Verb

au
* (transitive) to climb, ascend
    taau to pu ― I climb the mountain
* (intransitive, of the moon) to rise

#### Conjugation
### References

* 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

## Western Apache
### Particle

au
* yes

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːwᴬ (“father's younger brother”). Cognate with Thai อาว (aao), Ahom 𑜒𑜧 (`ao), Lao ອາວ (ʼāo) and Tày áo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ʔaːu˨˦/
* Tone numbers: au$^1$
* Hyphenation: au

### Noun

au (Sawndip forms 𰠍 or 傲 or ⿰𫠤处 or ⿰男要 or 嗷 or 敖 or 奧 or 𬽱 or ⿰父教 or 𬿪, 1957–1982 spelling au)
* uncle (father's younger brother)

#### See also

* lungz
* baj
* gux