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-au

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Japanese

Romanization

-au

Rōmaji transcription of あう

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh -eu, from Old Welsh -ou, from Proto-Brythonic *-ow, *-owes, from Proto-Celtic *-ewes (u-stem nominative plural).^[1] Cognate with Cornish -ow and Breton -où.

Alternative forms

-iau

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): (standard) /aɨ̯/, (colloquial) /ɛ/, /a/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): (standard) /ai̯/, (colloquial) /ɛ/

Suffix

-au

Forms plural nouns., -s
Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys

‎syniad (“idea”) + ‎-au → ‎syniadau (“ideas”)

‎methiant (“failure”) + ‎-au → ‎methiannau (“failures”)

‎gwasanaeth (“service”) + ‎-au → ‎gwasanaethau (“services”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -au

Aelodau Cynulliad

Aelodau o'r Senedd

cyfrifiannellau

llongyfarchiadau

priflythyrennau

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

-áu (when there is confusion with an identically-spelled plural)

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaɨ̯/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈai̯/

Suffix

-au

alternative form of -hau (forms verbal nouns)

References

^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 331.

Further reading

King, Gareth (2007), Modern Welsh Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-au”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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