အ

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

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

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔa; cognate with Jingpho ma-a (“mute”) and Chinese 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

အ • (a.)

1. A, the 33th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Verb

အ • (a.)

1. be mute, dumb (unable to speak)

Descendants

→ Mon: အ

References

• “အ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အ (a.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

အ (ʼa)

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

Proper noun

အ (ʼa)

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

Adjective

အ (ʼa)

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

Verb

အ (ʼa)

1. to private affix.

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen

Prefix

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