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What does what does う mean in ありがとうございました or おはようございます? mean?
The とう or よう part actually came from old Japanese, and it can't be explained as a modern Japanese grammar. It's a kind of really old way of conjugation remaining to this day as idioms. So, nevermind. It's better to just memorize.
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「ありがとう」 is a single word and 「う」itself doesn't have a meaning nor function.
「おはよう」 is also the same.
But sometimes 「う」 is omitted in a conversation, like 「ありがと」 and 「おはよ」.
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@GraveyardNeko: For your information just in case: Google "ウ音便(うおんびん)." That kind of conjugation has a special name.
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