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aue

British  
/ ˈɑːuːə /

interjection

  1. an exclamation of pain, distress, or astonishment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aue

Māori

Example Sentences

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Aue kriamu, aue Viriamu, our father, our father! 

From Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Wel me quað he wel is me wel. ðat ic aue abiden ðus swil sel.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

AVE occurs in Ovid only here and at RA 639-40 'nec ueniat seruus, nec flens ancillula fictum / suppliciter dominae nomine dicat "aue!"

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

E aue l le tiga ina Ma kal�ga, ma kal�ga O fafine lalolagi E kau iloay i nofa noa Kapeni Ioka Halo!

From Yorke The Adventurer by Becke, Louis

Eylandt: the first syllable of which, they inform us, is ea, Low Germ. aue, water, i.e. water-land, or land surrounded by water.

From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

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