아우

Cia-Cia

Etymology

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

Noun

아우 (Latin spelling au)

  1. dog (animal)

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 아ᅀᆞ (Yale: àzò), most plausibly from the unattested archaic form 아ᅀᆞᆨ (Yale: *azok-).[1]

Compare also Hamgyeong 아스 (aseu) and Jeju 아시 (asi).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?au
Revised Romanization (translit.)?au
McCune–Reischauer?au
Yale Romanization?awu

Noun

아우 • (au)

  1. a man's younger brother
    Synonym: 남동생(男同生) (namdongsaeng)
  2. (by extension) a man's junior colleague

Derived terms
  • 아우 보다 (au boda)
  • 아우 타다 (au tada)

See also

References
  1. 이승재 (Yi Seung-jae) (1983) “재구와 방언분화 [jaeguwa bang'eonbunhwa, Reconstructions and dialectal divergence]”, in Gugeohak, volume 12
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