✶Ad. [au]

✶Ad. [au]
A diphthong produced from [u] via a-fortification, and otherwise by contact of vowels. When long (âu), the diphthong survived in Classical Adûnaic, but it become long [ō] when short (SD/422-3).

References ✧ SD/422-423

Variations

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Phonetic Development

Ad. short diphthongs [ai] and [au] monophthongized to [ē] and [ō] ăŭ > ō ✧ SD/423 (au > ō)