a-a

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

a-a (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aa.
   • 1883, Clarence E. Dutton, Fourth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey:

     The second form of the lavas is called by the natives a-a, and its contrast with pahoehoe is about the greatest imaginable. It consists mainly of clinkers sometimes detached, sometimes partially agglutinated together with a bristling array of sharp, jagged, angular fragments.

Etymology 2

Adjective

a-a (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of air-to-air.

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *hjaʔ.

Pronunciation

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.aʔ˩/, [a˥.aʔ˩]

Verb

a-a

1. (Chungli)
   1. to earn (wages)
   2. to pay (wages)
   3. to hire, employ (a worker)
      • 1967, “Deuteronomy 23:4”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

        ...nenok atakatemdaktsütsü asoshi Mesopotamia nung aliba Pethor nungi Beor jabaso Balaam parnoki a-a.

        ...they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.

Inflection

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Derived terms

• taa

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 184
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 17
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 129
• Clark, E. W. (1911), “A, ta”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

Hiligaynon

Interjection

á-a

1. an exclamation of sorrow or anguish

Interjection

a-â

1. now then
2. fie

Ligurian

Etymology

a (“at”, “to”) + a f sg (“the”, definite article)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːa/

Contraction

a-a

1. at the, to the (+ a feminine noun in singular)

Northern Sami

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Interjection

a-a

1. no