'a
See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"
English edit
Pronoun edit
'a
French edit
Article edit
’a f sg
Guaraní edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
'a
Verb edit
'a (intransitive, irregular)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of 'a
Mbyá Guaraní edit
Noun edit
'a
Possessed forms edit
Possessed forms of 'a
Verb edit
'a
Conjugation edit
Neapolitan edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Neapolitan la.
Article edit
'a f (definite)
Pronoun edit
'a f
- her (accusative)
Coordinate terms edit
Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Neapolitan da, from Latin de ab.
Alternative forms edit
Preposition edit
'a
See also edit
Old Tupi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa (“fruit, head”), from Proto-Tupian *ʔa (“fruit, head”).[1][2][3]
Cognate wirh Sateré-Mawé 'a and Guaraní 'a.
Noun edit
'a (possessable)
- (chiefly in compounds) head (part of the body)
- Synonym: akanga
- glans penis
- Synonym: 'ayîá
- fruit
- Synonym: 'ybá
- (vocative, in reverence) dude; bro term of address for a man
- (vocative, in reverence) companion; comrade; term of address for a friend
- (vocative, in reverence) sir; term of address for an old man
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
'a (first-person singular active indicative a'a, first-person singular negative active indicative na'aî, noun 'ara) (intransitive)
- (São Vicente) Alternative form of 'ar
References edit
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí[3], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'a”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 3, column 1
Tahitian edit
Particle edit
'a
- marks the imperative when inserted before the verb
Tarantino edit
Article edit
'a f sg (plural le)