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အ

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See also: ဢ, ဥ, ဦး, အို, အူ, အော့, အေး, အား, and အ-

အ U+1021, အ
MYANMAR LETTER A
← ဠ
[U+1020] 		Myanmar ဢ →
[U+1022]

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a. • ALA-LC: ʼa • BGN/PCGN: a. • Okell: á
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Letter

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အ • (a.)

  1. A, the 33rd and last letter of the Burmese alphabet
  2. first in the set of twelve vowels traditionally taught in the learning of the Burmese language
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-ʔaʔ (“dumb, mute”); cognate with Jingpho ma-a (“mute”) and Old Chinese 啞 (OC *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ, “mute”).

Verb

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အ • (a.)

  1. to be mute, dumb (unable to speak)
  2. to be dumbfounded
  3. to be a dud
  4. to be a simpleton
  5. to be inert, not thrive
  6. to be denatured, lose potency
  7. to be disproportionate, look stodgy

Adjective

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အ • (a.)

  1. dumb
  2. dud

Derived terms

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(some terms below may be associated with the prefixal sense အ- (a.-))

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Pali a- (“not, un-, a-”), from Sanskrit अ- (a-, “idem”).

Particle

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အ • (a.)

  1. particle prefixed to Pali and Sanscrit words and their derivatives beginning with consonants to denote negation (in words beginning with vowels the particle အန (a.na.) performs this function)
  2. (archaic, rare) particle prefixed to some words to effect negation
Derived terms
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Descendants
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→ Mon: အ

Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese အ (a.).

Pronunciation

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Letter

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အ (transliteration needed) (no case)

  1. ʼA, the thirty-fourth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Proper noun

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အ (ʼa)

  1. ʼA, the first of twelve vowels the Mon language.

Adjective

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အ (ʼa)

  1. Unable to speak, mute, dumb, dud.

Verb

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အ (ʼa)

  1. to private affix.

References

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S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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အ • (ʼa)

  1. A, the 24th letter of the S'gaw Karen alphabet, called အာ်ခံဆီ (ʼạ khee hsaw) in S'gaw Karen.

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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အ • (ʼa)

  1. Verb prefix indicating the third person: he, she, it, they
  2. Noun prefix indicating the third person possessive: his, her, its, their
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Western Pwo

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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အ (transliteration needed)

  1. The 25th letter of the Western Pwo alphabet, called အၭ in Western Pwo.

Etymology 2

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Cognate with S'gaw Karen အ (ʼa), Eastern Pwo အ်ု (ʔə).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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အ (transliteration needed)

  1. Verb prefix indicating the third person: he, she, it, they
  2. Noun prefix indicating the third person possessive: his, her, its, their
Western Pwo personal pronouns
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first
person		 singular ယ ယၧၩ ယၥၭ ယဆၧ ယ
plural ပ ပၧၩ ပၥၭ ပဆၧ ပ
second
person		 singular န နၧၩ နၥၭ နဆၧ န
plural နၥံၪ နၥံၪ နၥံၪအၥၭ နဆၧ နၥံၪ
third
person		 singular အဝ့ၫ အဝ့ၫ အဝ့ၫအၥၭ အဝ့ၫဆၧ အဝ့ၫအ
plural အဝ့ၫၥံၪ အဝ့ၫၥံၪ အဝ့ၫၥံၪအၥၭ အဝ့ၫၥံၪဆၧ အဝ့ၫၥံၪအ
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