austo
Latvian
Participle
austo
- inflection of austais:
- vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
- genitive plural masculine/feminine
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
- agusto
Etymology
From Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos, increase, from Proto-Indo-European base *aug- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈus.tə/
- Rhymes: -ustə
Derived terms
- (austegno)
References
- Emmanuele Rocco, Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano, Naples, 1882
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