-au
See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Welsh -eu, from Old Welsh -ou, from Proto-Brythonic *-ow, from Proto-Celtic *-owes, u-stem nominative plural.[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /aɨ̯/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛ/, /a/
- (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ai̯/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛ/
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Welsh_words_suffixed_with_-au' title='Category:Welsh words suffixed with -au'>Welsh words suffixed with -au</a>
References
- King, Gareth (2007). Modern Welsh Dictionary. Oxford University Press. →ISBN.
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 331
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