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ā

See also: Ā, ā-, ʻā, and Variations of "a"

ā - Translingual

Letter

ā (upper case Ā)

  1. The letter a with a macron.

Usage notes

  • It is usually used to denote long "a" or the middle tone of "a".

ā - Hawaiian

Preposition

ā

  1. when, at the same time as
  2. until, to
  3. as far as

Conjunction

ā

  1. and
  2. so
  3. (rare) and then
  4. (rare) but

Noun

ā

  1. jaw, cheekbone
  2. a surgical instrument made of smooth bone traditionally used to perform procedures including lancing and abortion

Verb

ā

  1. to talk a lot, chatter, jabber, blabber
  2. to be talkative, noisy

Derived terms

Noun

ā

  1. a mold used in souring foods such as poi

ā - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ə]

Letter

ā

  1. (obsolete) The second letter of the 1901-1947 orthography, written in Latin script.

ā - Japanese

Romanization

ā

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

ā - Jersey Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

ā

  1. A letter of the Jersey Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

ā - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [aː]

Letter

ā (lower case, upper case Ā)

  1. The second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ā and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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).

ā - Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /ɑː/

Letter

ā (upper case Ā)

  1. The second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

ā - Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • a – nonstandard

Romanization

ā (a1, Zhuyin ㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吖
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啊
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬶
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腌
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錒／锕
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阿
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠼞
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥥩
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨉚
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫮄
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𮤴
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𮥀
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𰛄

ā - Maori

Letter

ā (upper case Ā)

  1. The second letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

ā

  1. collarbone

Verb

ā (passive āia or āngia)

  1. to drive something, such as cattle or other livestock
  2. to urge or compel something to move

Interjection

ā

  1. yeah, yes

ā - Ngam

Verb

ā

  1. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense
    • Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-āw
      • Tomorrow, I will leave

ā - Rarotongan

Numeral

ā

  1. four

ā - Samoan

Pronoun

ā

  1. (interrogative) what
    • ʻO le ā le mea lea?
      • What is this thing?

ā - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /àː/, IPA: /áː/

Symbol

ā

  1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [aː] when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

ā - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /ɛː/, /ɛ/

Letter

ā (lower case, upper case Ā)

  1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of ä
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