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)

  1. (obsolete) grape
    Synonym: strugure

Declension

Declension of auă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative auă aua aue auele
genitive-dative aue auei aue auelor
vocative auă, auo auelor