Variant of-us, possibly by analogy of the numerous-us(deverbal suffix) derivatives ofsalata-type verbs. Some of the words with this suffix also have-us variants (e.g.kulmaus ~ dialectalkulmus).

-aus (front vowel harmony variant-äys,linguistic notation-AUs)

1. Forms nouns, primarily of places, but occasionally other association.

From-ahtaa +‎-us, with dialectal loss of-d-, resulting in-ahdus >-ahus >-aus.

-aus (front vowel harmony variant-äys,linguistic notation-AUs)

1. A variant of the suffix-us used with some verbs.

The vast majority of apparent uses are simply-us attached to also existing-ahtaa verb derivatives.

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