-au

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Welsh

Alternative forms

-iau

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/

Suffix

-au

Pluralisation suffix, similar to English -s

Synonyms

Derived terms

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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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[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 331