áu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of áu – see 拗 (“to bend or twist as to break; to fold; etc.”). (This character, áu, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 拗.)

From Proto-Celtic *ausos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

áu n (genitive áue or óe, nominative plural óe or áue)

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	áu, ó	áu^N, ó^N	óe^L, áue^L
Vocative	áu, ó	áu^N, ó^N	óe^L, áue^L
Accusative	áu, ó	áu^N, ó^N	óe^L, áue^L
Genitive	áue^H, óe^H	áue^N, óe^N	áue^N, óe^N
Dative	áui^L, oí^L	áuib	áuib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
áu	unchanged	n-áu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.