-ou

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ou"

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ou, from Latin -āvit. Compare Portuguese -ou, Spanish -ó, and Italian -ò.

Suffix

-ou

  1. forms the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar

See also

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āvit.

Suffix

-ou (1st conj.)

  1. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar
    ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ou → ‎amou (“[he/she/it] loved”)
    ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ou → ‎cantou (“[he/she/it] sang”)

Descendants
  • Galician: -ou
  • Portuguese: -ou

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *-ow, from Proto-Celtic *-owes, u-stem nominative plural.[1] Cognate with Cornish -ow and Breton -où.

Suffix

-ou

  1. Forms plural nouns., -s
    ‎pipenn (“pipe, duct”) + ‎-ou → ‎pipennou (“pipes, ducts”)
    ‎carrecc (“stone”) + ‎-ou → ‎carrecou (“stones”)

Descendants

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 331

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ou, from Vulgar Latin *-āut, contracted form of Latin -āvit. Compare Galician -ou, Spanish -ó, and Italian -ò.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o(w)/ [o(ʊ̯)]
 

  • Rhymes: -ow, -o

Suffix

-ou

  1. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar
    ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ou → ‎amou (“[he/she/it] loved”)
    ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ou → ‎cantou (“[he/she/it] sang”)

See also
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