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Examples from the Web for aua

Historical Examples

For directing the sledge the following words are used: Aua, aua!
The Central Eskimo
Franz Boas
Ear, ochtauakay (ch guttural; aua separated; kay German, with the rest of the word).
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)
Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
The dehortative and cautionary particles kaua, aua, kei, belong strictly to the imperative.
Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition)
Robert Maunsell
The nurse speaks with me of Caro; the child attends and says aua; he knows what we were talking about.
The Mind of the Child, Part II
W. Preyer

British Dictionary definitions for aua

aua

noun plural aua

NZ another name for yellow-eye mullet

Word Origin

Māori

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Examples from the Web for aua

Historical Examples

For directing the sledge the following words are used: Aua, aua!

Ear, ochtauakay (ch guttural; aua separated; kay German, with the rest of the word).

The dehortative and cautionary particles kaua, aua, kei, belong strictly to the imperative.

The nurse speaks with me of Caro; the child attends and says aua; he knows what we were talking about.

aua

Word Origin