aa
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
aa
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɑː/, [ˈɑː.ʔɑː], enPR: äʹä
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɑ/, [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Noun edit
aa (uncountable)
- (volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.]
- 1859, R. C. Haskell, American journal of science and arts, series XXVIII:
- We...saw ‘pahoihoi’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers.
- 1944, Charles A. Cotton, Volcanoes as landscape forms:
- Cooling and solidification frequently takes a different course [...] in lava flows, producing the clinker-like ‘aa’ lava.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviation.
Noun edit
aa
- Initialism of acetic acid.
- Initialism of acting age.
- (medicine) Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
- Initialism of aminoacetone.
- Initialism of amino acid.
- Initialism of approximate absolute.
- Initialism of arachidonic acid.
- Initialism of armature accelerator.
- Initialism of ascending aorta.
- Initialism of atomic absorption.
- Initialism of author's alteration.
- Initialism of average audience.
Adjective edit
aa (not comparable)
Etymology 3 edit
Compare pp.
Noun edit
aa pl (plural only)
- Abbreviation of adjectives.
- Abbreviation of arteries.
Etymology 4 edit
Contraction.
Adjective edit
aa
- Abbreviation of ana (“of each, equal parts”).
Acholi edit
Verb edit
aa
Bavarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ah (spelling variant)
Etymology edit
From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognates include German auch, Dutch ook, Old Norse ok, also archaic English eke.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɑː/
- Homophones: a, ah
Adverb edit
aa
- also; too; as well; either; neither (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed)
- I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “aa”: I too want icecream.
- I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too.
- Schåff ma des aa? ― Stress on “aa”: Can we do that too?
- Used for emphasis.
- To confirm a preceding statement: really, actually, indeed, in fact, exactly (always unstressed)
- A jeder håd se dåcht, dåss er ned kummt, und so woar's aa. ― Everybody thought that he wouldn't come, and that's exactly what happened.
- I håb ka Ångst, es gibt jå aa kan Grund. ― I'm not scared, there really is no reason to be.
- To confirm a preceding statement by someone else: really, actually, indeed, in fact
- I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “wui”: I do indeed want icecream.
- Des is aa so. ― Stress on “is”: It really is like that.
- Emphasis on a preceding conjunction (often with no) (always stressed)
- Des Essn håd eana ned gschmeckt und mia aa ned. ― They didn't like the food and neither did I.
- I håb heit vui z'tuan und zan Årzt muaß i aa. ― I'm very busy today and I also have to go to the doctor.
- Er håd ned nur s'Gödbeasl, sondern aa no de Augnglasln ausgstraat. ― He not only lost his wallet, but also his glasses.
- Emphasis on a preceding negative statement: even (always stressed)
- Implies doubt in a yes-no question really (always unstressed)
- Kånn i des aa glaubn? ― Can I really believe this?
- Håst da des aa guad iwalegt? ― Have you really thought this through?
- Schåff ma des aa? ― Can we really do that?
- To imply that something is unreasonable; also used when expressing reproach, anger, astonishment, etc. (always unstressed)
- Wås miassn de aa ålle då durchfoahrn?! ― Why do they all have to pass through here?!
- Du muasst aa immer bei jedn Bledsinn mitmåchn. ― You always have to take part in any nonsense, don't you?
- Wäul's aa nia de Pappn hoidn kennts! ― That's because you never shut up!
- To confirm a preceding statement: really, actually, indeed, in fact, exactly (always unstressed)
- (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality): even (always stressed)
- Synonym: sogår
- Aa wånn's woahr is, is's no ka endguitiger Beweis. ― Even if this is true, it is no definite proof.
- Mia is des aa scho amoi passiert. ― It even happened to me once.
- as in whatever, whenever, however, etc. ever (always unstressed)
- Wås'd aa tuast, ana is immer besser. ― Whatever you do, someone will always do it better.
Bughotu edit
Verb edit
aa
- to open
- to be open
- to open mouth
References edit
- W. Ivens, Bugotu-English/English-Bugotu Concise Dictionary (1998)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
aa f (plural aa's, diminutive aatje n)
- (especially in names) Alternative spelling of a
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Article edit
aa
- (Erzgebirgisch) a, an
Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:
Estonian edit
Interjection edit
aa
- An interjection expressing recognition -
- Aa, see oled sina.
- Oh, it's you.
- An interjection expressing understanding -
- Aa, saan aru.
- Ah, I understand.
Noun edit
aa (genitive aa, partitive aad)
- The name of the Latin-script letter A.
Further reading edit
- “aa”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aa
- a (The name of the Latin-script letter A)
Usage notes edit
- Speakers often use the corresponding forms of a-kirjain (“letter A, letter a”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.
Declension edit
Inflection of aa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | aa | aat | ||
genitive | aan | aiden aitten | ||
partitive | aata | aita | ||
illative | aahan | aihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | aa | aat | ||
accusative | nom. | aa | aat | |
gen. | aan | |||
genitive | aan | aiden aitten | ||
partitive | aata | aita | ||
inessive | aassa | aissa | ||
elative | aasta | aista | ||
illative | aahan | aihin | ||
adessive | aalla | ailla | ||
ablative | aalta | ailta | ||
allative | aalle | aille | ||
essive | aana | aina | ||
translative | aaksi | aiksi | ||
abessive | aatta | aitta | ||
instructive | — | ain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Either crosslinguistic or borrowed from any of the many European languages it appears in.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
aa
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aa m (plural aas)
- (geology, often attributive) the surface of an aa lava flow
Inupiaq edit
Etymology 1 edit
Interjection edit
aa
- yes, I know
- I agree: expresses listener's agreement with storyteller or speaker
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Interjection edit
aa
- expresses exasperation, criticism or dismay over what another person does or says, said in breathy voice
- expression of surprise or awe
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aa f (invariable)
- (volcanology) aa (type of lava flow)
- Synonym: afrolite
Further reading edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
aa
Ladin edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.
Noun edit
aa f (plural [please provide])
Latvian edit
Interjection edit
aa
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Russian ага (aga), and English uh-huh.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
aà, aã
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “aa”, in lkz.lt [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
Lun Bawang edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
aa
Synonyms edit
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish oä, comparative form of oäc, from Proto-Celtic *yowankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
aa
- comparative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)
Mbyá Guaraní edit
Adverb edit
aa
Middle Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aa
Murui Huitoto edit
Alternative forms edit
- a (superseded)
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
aa
Related terms edit
References edit
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 19
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 145
Norwegian edit
Letter edit
aa
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Letter edit
aa
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- (letter and noun): Aa (upper case)
Conjunction edit
aa
- obsolete typography of og
Interjection edit
aa
- obsolete typography of å
Letter edit
aa
- obsolete typography of å
Noun edit
aa f (definite singular aai, indefinite plural aaer or aair, definite plural aaerne or aaine)
- obsolete typography of å
Particle edit
aa
- obsolete typography of å
Preposition edit
aa
- obsolete typography of å
References edit
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “aa”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Contraction edit
aa f
- Contraction of a + a (“to/at the”).
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
- [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
- [H]ow a woman who was playing the dices in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.
- [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin ala (“wing”).
Noun edit
aa f
- wing
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 142 (facsimile):
- ⁊ dun gran colbe aa lle bꝛitou
- And with a powerful blow, broke its wing
Descendants edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk; cognate with German auch, Dutch ook, Old English ēac.
Alternative forms edit
- auch (literary)
Adverb edit
aa
- also
- 1908, Astor C. Wuchter, “Die Mudderschprooch”, in Earl C. Haag, editor, A Pennsylvania German Anthology, page 56:
- […] Datt sin aa Mensche, graad wie do […]
- There are people there too, just like here
Etymology 2 edit
From Old High German ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up, on high”). Compare German an, Dutch aan, English on.
Preposition edit
aa
Scots edit
Adjective edit
aa
References edit
- “aa, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Stoney edit
Noun edit
aa
Sundanese edit
Noun edit
aa
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the reduplication of Hokkien 齷/龌 (ak, “dirty”), according to Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aâ or aà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ) (childish)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
aa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ)
- an exclamation expressing warning
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ) (obsolete)
- name of the Baybayin letter ᜀ, corresponding to "a"
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “aa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 12
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[4] (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[5], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 1:
- A) AA yaon (pc) la primera letra del. a.b.c. Tagalog. Eſta letra A. ſegun. S. Iſidoro (lib.r. Ethimolo) es la primera letra de todas las lẽguas. Los Latinos y Eſpañoles ſolos la nombran, como la eſcriuen, y la eſcriuen, como la nombran, las de mas naciones no, q̃ ſõ muy diferentes ẽ eſto. Porque el Hebreo la llama Aleph, el Griego. Alpha, el Arabigo. Alipha, &t, y nuestros Tagalos. A ,|, Aayaon ,|; [ᜀ], y eſto [ſolo para] nombralla de porſi, vt, anung ng̃alã [niring] litra? como ſellama eſta letra? ℞, Aayaon, mas en eſcritura, y en lo que hablan, raçonando, [la eſcriuẽ], y [pronuncian] ſimplemẽte, como ſuena, A.
Võro edit
Noun edit
aa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter A.
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Votic edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
aa
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
àá
- Contraction of àwa á (“We'll”).
- Àá lọ sí Amẹ́ríkà ní oṣù tí ó ń bọ̀.
- We'll be going to the U.S. next month.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
áá