autu

autu

1. conditional of aut

autu

1. inflection of auts:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awtu
• Syllabification: au‧tu

autu

1. genitive singular of aut

autu (Cyrillic spelling ауту)

1. dative/locative singular of auto

• jautu, jàvutu (stressed initial vowel diphthongized, dialectal)
• âtu (semiconsonant /w/ is shortened)
• àvutu (semiconsonant /w/ is enlengthened)

From Latin altus. Cognate with Asturian altu, Extremaduran and Sardinian artu, Ladin, Occitan, and Catalan alt, Corsican and Italian alto, Portuguese, Aragonese, and Spanish alto, Neapolitan auto. Compare, e.g., Sicilian àguru, sautu, sausizza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈau.tu/, [ˈaʊ.tʊ], [ˈaʊ-], [ˈaw-], [ˈa.βʊ-], [ˈja-]
• IPA^(key): [ˈjaʊ.tʊ], [ˈja.βʊ-] (diphthongized)
• IPA^(key): [‿ˈɟːaʊ.tʊ], [‿ˈɟːa.βʊ-] (previous non-stressed syllable triggers gemination of /j-/)
• IPA^(key): /ˈan.tu/, [ˈan.tʊ] (nasalized)
• Rhymes: -autu
• Hyphenation: àu‧tu

autu (feminine singular auta, masculine and feminine plural auti)

1. high, tall

   Antonym: vasciu

   Ḍḍa casa auta è unni abbitu ju. ― That tall house is where I live.

2. deep

   Synonym: funnu

   Na praja auta 4 metri ― a pond 4 meters deep

3. loud

   a vuci auta ― in a loud voice

• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯tu/

autu

1. dative singular of auto

autu

1. ditch, open drain

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 5

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ.tu/

autu

1. collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

• E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.