"아우" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [a̠u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: au [romanization]
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 (*àzòk). Compare also Hamgyeong 아스 (aseu) and Jeju 아시 (asi). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|hh|아ᅀᆞ|àzò|dot=,}} First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 아ᅀᆞ (Yale: àzò),, {{lang|ko|이승재}} 이승재, {{cog|jje|아시}} Jeju 아시 (asi) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 아우 • (au)
  1. a man's younger brother Synonyms: 남동생 (alt: 男同生)
    Sense id: en-아우-ko-noun-fG3vWnd0
  2. (by extension) a man's junior colleague Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-아우-ko-noun-8Nn7lXjs Categories (other): Native Korean words, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 27 18 55 Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 아우 보다 (au boda), 아우 타다 (au tada) Related terms: 동생(同生) (dongsaeng), 오빠 (oppa), 형(兄) (hyeong), 형님 (hyeongnim), 형제(兄弟) (hyeongje)
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0
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    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ko",
      "name": "Family",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "au boda",
      "word": "아우 보다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "au tada",
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    }
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      },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "이승재"
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      "expansion": "이승재",
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      },
      "expansion": "Jeju 아시 (asi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "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 (*àzòk).\nCompare also Hamgyeong 아스 (aseu) and Jeju 아시 (asi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "au",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dongsaeng",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "oppa",
      "word": "오빠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hyeong",
      "word": "형(兄)"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hyeongnim",
      "word": "형님"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hyeongje",
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        {
          "alt": "男同生",
          "word": "남동생"
        }
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        "a man's junior colleague"
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        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) a man's junior colleague"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "아우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[아우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "아우"
}
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    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
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    "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Native Korean words",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "roman": "au boda",
      "word": "아우 보다"
    },
    {
      "roman": "au tada",
      "word": "아우 타다"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "dot": ","
      },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "아시"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "au",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "아우 • (au)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "roman": "dongsaeng",
      "word": "동생(同生)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oppa",
      "word": "오빠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hyeong",
      "word": "형(兄)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hyeongnim",
      "word": "형님"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hyeongje",
      "word": "형제(兄弟)"
    }
  ],
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        "a man's younger brother"
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        {
          "alt": "男同生",
          "word": "남동생"
        }
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        "a man's junior colleague"
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      ],
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        "(by extension) a man's junior colleague"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
    {
      "hangeul": "아우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[아우]"
    }
  ],
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}

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