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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]ā
- (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel a
- (international standards) transliterates Indic आ (or equivalent).
See also
[edit]- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter A): Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Aa Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜳꜳ Ꜵꜵ Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ
- (Letters with macron or underline): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ R̄r̄ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ
English
[edit]Symbol
[edit]ā
- (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FACE vowel.
Hawaiian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Preposition
[edit]ā
Conjunction
[edit]ā
See also
[edit]- paha as a conjunction
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]ā
- jaw, cheekbone
- a surgical instrument made of smooth bone traditionally used to perform procedures including lancing and abortion
Verb
[edit]ā
- (intransitive) to talk a lot, chatter, jabber, blabber
- (intransitive) to be talkative, noisy
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]ā
References
[edit]- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) “ā”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi[1], 2003.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ā
Jersey Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]ā
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A_with_macron.svg/200px-A_with_macron.svg.png)
ā (lower case, upper case Ā)
- The second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ā and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ā/ā, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple A/a in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).
See also
[edit]- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Livonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]ā (upper case Ā)
- The second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Mandarin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- a — nonstandard
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錒/锕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠼞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥥩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨉚
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫮄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𮤴
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𮥀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𰛄
Maori
[edit]Letter
[edit]ā (upper case Ā)
- The second letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh
Etymology 1
[edit]Likely cognate with Hawaiian ā (“jaw; cheekbone”).
Noun
[edit]ā
Etymology 2
[edit]Likely cognate with Hawaiian ʻā (“to drive, to urge (such as cattle)”).
Verb
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Alternative form of āe.
Interjection
[edit]ā
Ngam
[edit]Verb
[edit]ā
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense
- Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-āw
- Tomorrow, I will leave
- Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-āw
References
[edit]Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.
Rarotongan
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Cardinal : ā | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. Cognate with Indonesian empat.
Numeral
[edit]ā
Samoan
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ā
- (interrogative) what
- ʻO le ā le mea lea?
- What is this thing?
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Letter a with macron ◌̄ to signify presence of both pitches.
Pronunciation
[edit]Symbol
[edit]ā
- (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [aː] when it can bear either pitch.
Usage notes
[edit]Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.
See also
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]ā (lower case, upper case Ā)
- (in handwriting) Alternative form of ä
See also
[edit]- Character boxes with compositions
- Latin Extended-A block
- Latin script characters
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- Translingual terms spelled with ◌̄
- mul:Phonetics
- English lemmas
- English symbols
- English terms spelled with ◌̄
- en:Lexicography
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian prepositions
- Hawaiian conjunctions
- Hawaiian terms with rare senses
- Hawaiian nouns
- Hawaiian verbs
- Hawaiian intransitive verbs
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Jersey Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Jersey Dutch lemmas
- Jersey Dutch letters
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian letters
- Livonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Livonian lemmas
- Livonian letters
- Mandarin terms with audio links
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Maori lemmas
- Maori letters
- Maori nouns
- Maori verbs
- Maori interjections
- Ngam lemmas
- Ngam verbs
- Ngam auxiliary verbs
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Rarotongan lemmas
- Rarotongan numerals
- Rarotongan cardinal numbers
- rar:Four
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan pronouns
- Samoan terms with usage examples
- Samoan interrogative pronouns
- Slovene 1-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene symbols
- Slovene terms spelled with ◌̄
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish letters
- Swedish terms spelled with ◌̄