auă

See also: aua, AUA, and auã

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūva with a protethic "a". May have been considered archaic even as early as the 17th century, but was preserved as the name of a variety of grapes in Oltenia. Replaced by strugure. However, Aromanian has preserved auã as the standard word for grape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈu.ə/

Noun

auă f (plural aue)

1. (obsolete) grape

   Synonym: strugure

Declension

Declension of auă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) auă	aua	(niște) aue	auele
genitive/dative	(unei) aue	auei	(unor) aue	auelor
vocative	auă, auo		auelor