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-).

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠u]
• Phonetic hangul: [아우]

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

• 동생(同生) (dongsaeng)
• 오빠 (oppa)
• 형(兄) (hyeong)
• 형님 (hyeongnim)
• 형제(兄弟) (hyeongje)