Meaning of aut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. put on footwear (shoes, boots, socks, etc.)
   transitive
2. 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
   transitive
3. to prepare for a journey (lit. to put on footwear)
   figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“zēns āva kājas”

the boy put on footwear (lit. on his feet)

“aut kājas pastalās”

to put on pastalas (simple footwear) (lit. to put one's feet into pastalas)

“aut kurpes kājas”

to put on shoes (lit. to put shoes on one's feet)

“Žanis āva kājās stulmeņu zābakus”

Žanis put the long boots on (his) feet

“un tūliņ ķēniņš aun kājas savu sievu meklēt”

and quickly the king puts on footwear to go looking for his wife

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