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-au
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Appendix:Variations of "au"
Japanese
Romanization
あう
Welsh
Etymology 1
From cy wlm -eu, from cy owl -ou, from cy cel-bry-pro *-ow, cel-bry-pro *-owes, from cy cel-pro *-ewes u-stem nominative plural.331 Cognate with kw -ow and br -où.
Alternative forms
cy -iau
Pronunciation
cy /aɨ̯/ standard colloquial /ɛ/ /a/ cy-N
cy /ai̯/ standard colloquial /ɛ/ cy-S
Suffix
cy suffix plural suffixes
Forms plural nouns., -s
cy -aid -aint -ed -edd -en -i -iadau -iaid -iau -ion -od -oedd -on -ydd -yr -ys
cy syniad idea syniadau ideas
cy methiant failure methiannau failures
cy gwasanaeth service gwasanaethau services
Derived terms
cy
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
cy -áu when there is confusion with an identically-spelled plural
Pronunciation
cy /ˈaɨ̯/ cy-N
cy /ˈai̯/ cy-S
Suffix
cy suffix form
cy -hau forms verbal nouns
References
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Further reading
King Gareth 2007 Modern Welsh Dictionary Oxford University Press 0199228744
cy heteronyms