-ау

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aw"

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology

  1. Form of -еу (-eu) in hard words. From Proto-Turkic *-egü. Cognate with Kyrgyz -өө (-öö).

Suffix

-ау • (-au)

  1. Forms collective numbers.
    Біреуіміз. ― Bıreuımız. ― One of us.
    Біздің сыныпта он бір оқушы бар. Оның бесеуі – ұл, алтауы – қыз. ― Bızdıñ synypta on bır oquşy bar. Onyñ beseuı – ūl, altauy – qyz. ― There are eleven students in our class. Five of them are boys, six of them are girls.

Usage notes

  • The suffix is used only in numbers from 1 to 7; -ау • (-au) specifically is used only after алты (alty, “six”).
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