auă
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aua"
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | auă | aua | aue | auele | |
| genitive-dative | aue | auei | aue | auelor | |
| vocative | auă, auo | auelor | |||