ау

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

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

ау • (aw)

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

From Proto-Turkic *āb (“hunt, chase”).

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

ау • (aw)

1. hunt, hunting expedition

From Proto-Turkic *āg (“net”).

ау • (au)

1. fishing net

• тор (tor)

From Proto-Turkic *āb (“hunt, chase”).

ау • (au)

1. (archaic) hunt, hunting expedition

ау • (au)

1. ah, oh

• IPA^(key): [ˈau]

ау • (au)

1. oh my
2. ow, ouch

• ыу (əu) (Amur)

• IPA^(key): /au/

ау (au)

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

• 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”), page 11

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʊ]

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?

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈu]

ау́ • (aú)

1. hello? (is anyone there?)
   • 2025, Soft Blade, “Ostrov”, in Softic 2‎^[2]:

     Ау́, есть кто на о́строве, и́ли я тут одна́?

     Aú, jestʹ kto na óstrove, íli ja tut odná?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• ау́кать impf (aúkatʹ), ау́кнуть pf (aúknutʹ)
  • ау́каться impf (aúkatʹsja), ау́кнуться pf (aúknutʹsja)
    • как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja) (proverb)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ау”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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

ау • (aw)

1. hunt

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

ау • (aw)

1. net

• IPA^(key): [aːw]

ау (awu)

1. there, within that area (far away from here)

   ау макӏо ― awu makʷʼo ― he is going there

   ау гъэтӏылъ ― awu ğɛtʼəlˢ ― put it there

   ау ущымыщх ― awu wuśəməśx ― don'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 къэхьых ― siwunɛ qakʷʼu, awu cʷaqɛ plˢəźəxɛr qɛḥəx ― Come to my house, but bring the red shoes.