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auss

Pronunciation: [àws]

“auss” is a Latvian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ear (the organ of hearing)
  2. an individual human being
  3. ear (the capacity to hear; understanding, awareness of what one hears)
  4. ears (elongated, protruding lateral parts of certain objects)

Etymology

A 6th-declension stem based on an earlier plural form ausì, from Proto-Baltic *auš-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”). From Proto-Baltic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Cognates include Lithuanian ausi̇̀s, Old Prussian āusins (accusative plural), Proto-Slavic *uxo, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō) (< Proto-Germanic *ausô, Old High German ōra, German Ohr, Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬌 (uši, “both ears, mind, reason”),…

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