aut

Pronunciation: [ˈàu̯t]

“aut” is a Latvian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

put on footwear (shoes, boots, socks, etc.)
nosēdos uz akmens un gribēju aut kājas, bet kurpes bija ļoti sabristas — I sat down on a rock and wanted to put shoes on (lit. to put (my) feet (into shoes)), but the shoes were very wet
to prepare for a journey (lit. to put on footwear)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áutei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-. Cognates include Lithuanian aũti, Proto-Slavic *uti (“to put on”) (> *jьzuti, *obuti), Hittite [script needed] (unu-, “to adorn, decorate, lay (the table)”), Latin *uō (“to put on”) (> exuō, induō).

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