au

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

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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 (uncountable)

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^(key): /æʊ/

Adverb

au

also, too

Aragonese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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^(key): /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^(key): (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

Cia-Cia

Alternative forms

아우

Etymology

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

Noun

au (Hangul spelling 아우)

dog (animal)

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 khalt
Up 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

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^(key): /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

Declension

Declension of au (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		au	aud
accusative	nom.	au
accusative	gen.	au
genitive		au	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

Derived terms

aus

Compounds

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)

Finnish

Etymology

Natural.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯/, [ˈɑ̝u̯]
Rhymes: -ɑu
Syllabification^(key): au

Interjection

au

ow, ouch

Synonyms

ai
auts

Anagrams

-ua

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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”).
Il étudie la musique au conservatoire.
He studies music at the conservatory.

Synonym: à le — Louisiana

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^(key): /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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

Noun

au

era, period of time
current (water)
movement

Verb

au

(intransitive) to flow
(intransitive) to move

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^(key): [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-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

au

dog (animal)

Kiowa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ/

Letter

au (upper case Au)

A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

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)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408: “au”

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯/, [äu̯]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /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^(key): [ˈau]

Noun

au (Lontara spelling ᨕᨕᨘ)

ash

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [au]

Adverb

au

(Brunei, Sarawak) yes

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.

Alternative forms

ahau

Pronoun

au

I (personal pronoun)
- 2021, “Titokowaru”, performed by Alien Weaponry:
  Ka pīrangi au te kikokiko pākeha
  I 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)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus (“current, flow”).

Noun

au

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

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, from Proto-Oceanic *qasu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasu (“smoke; fume; steam”).

Noun

au

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

Etymology 5

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

Verb

au

to howl, bark (of a dog)

References

“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^(key): /ˈau/, [ˈaw]

Noun

au

mouth

Possessive forms

Possessive forms of au (tightly inalienable)

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

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)

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^(key): /œʊː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse auk.

Adverb

au

also, too

Synonyms

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
au (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-au
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

au

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

ai

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw/ [ˈaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaw/

Rhymes: -aw
Hyphenation: au

Interjection

au

ouch (expression of minor physical pain)

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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^[3], 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.

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^[4], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 140

Romanian

Alternative forms

aŭ — old orthography

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aw/

Etymology 1

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *habunt,^[1] 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 1-2 2009 Nevaci, Todi.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)

Etymology 2

Verb

au

to sew

Tày

Verb

au (㓜)

to take; to seize; to receive
au chèn ― to seize money
to marry
au căn ― to marry each other

Derived terms

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[5][6] (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]‎^[7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[8] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Ternate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [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^(key): [ˈa.u]
Hyphenation: a‧u

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

au

I, me

Etymology 2

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

Determiner

au

(alienable) thy, your

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^[9], 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^(key): /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)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

au

bright and cheerful

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.u/

Verb

au

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of au (action verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		taau	maau	aau
2nd person		naau	faau
3rd person	inanimate	iau	daau
3rd person	animate	iau	daau
imperative		naau, au	faau, au

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[10], Pacific linguistics (as aw)
James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[11], Pacific linguistics

Western Apache

Particle

au

yes

[1] ttp://www.lingv.ro/RRL 1-2 2009 Nevaci, Todi.pdf

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	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person	au	keirau (exclusive) kedaru (inclusive)	keitou (exclusive) kedatou (inclusive)	keimami (exclusive) keda (inclusive)
2nd person	iko	kemudrau	kemudou	kemuni
3rd person	koya	rau	iratou	ira

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au, wau	māua (exclusive) kāua (inclusive)	mākou (exclusive) kākou (inclusive)
2nd person	ʻoe	ʻolua	ʻoukou
3rd person	ia, ʻo ia	lāua	lākou

	singular	dual	plural
1st person (exclusive)	au, ahau	māua	mātou
1st person (inclusive)	au, ahau	tāua	tātou
2nd person	koe	kōrua	koutou
3rd person	ia	rāua	rātou

Independent
	singular	dual	plural
1st person (excl.)	au	māua	mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	tāua	tātou
2nd person	koe	kōrua
3rd person	ia	rāua

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au, vau	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person	ʻoe	ʻōrua	ʻoutou
3rd person	ʻoia, ʻona	rāua	rātou

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au	maua (exclusive) taua (inclusive)	mautolu (exclusive) tautolu (inclusive)
2nd person	koe	mua	mutolu
3rd person	ia	laua	lautolu

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
	sg	long	short	pl	sg	long	short	pl
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
	sg	long	short	pl	sg	long	short	pl
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
	sg	long	short	pl	sg	long	short	pl
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
	sg	long	short	pl	sg	long	short	pl
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

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au, aku	maaua (exclusive) taaua (inclusive)	maatou (exclusive) taatou (inclusive)
2nd person	koe	koulua	koulou
3rd person	ia, a ia	laaua	laatou

au

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