✶Ad. [u]

✶Ad. [u]
The primitive vowel [u] remained unchanged in Classical Adûnaic except as part of the diphthongs [au] and [ōu], both of which became [ō] (SD/422-3).

References ✧ SD/422, 424

Variations

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Phonetic Development

Ad. adjacent like vowels contract and lengthen uu > ū ✧ SD/424 ([uu] > [ū])
Ad. glide consonant [w] or [j] was inserted between [u] or [i] and a following distinct vowel uøV > uwV ✧ SD/424 (ū̆-ā̆,ū̆-ī̆ > ū̆wā̆,ū̆wī̆)