See also: Aue, AUE, auē, auê, and áue

Middle English

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Noun

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aue

  1. Alternative form of awe

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From the interjection au.

Alternative forms

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  • aua (a infinitive)

Verb

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aue (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aue/au)

  1. (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

Etymology 2

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Noun

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aue

  1. Pronunciation spelling of auge.

References

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) (Old Irish aui/ui, Modern Irish ), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Cognate with Old Prussian awis, Latin avus, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō) and Old Armenian հաւ (haw).

Noun

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aue m

  1. grandson
  2. descendant

Inflection

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Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aue aueL auiL, ui
Vocative aui aueL uu
Accusative aueN aueL uuH
Genitive auiL, uiL aueL aueN
Dative uuL auib, uib auib, uib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: úa

Mutation

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Mutation of aue
radical lenition nasalization
aue
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aue

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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