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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 using macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ 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
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
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
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
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
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.
Okinawan edit
Romanization edit
ā
Rarotongan edit
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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