aa

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Translingual

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Symbol

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aa

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language codeforAfar.

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English

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EnglishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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FromHawaiianʻaʻā.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aa(uncountable)

  1. (volcanology)A form oflavaflow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting ofbasalticrock,usually dark-colored with ajaggedand loose,clinkerysurface. Comparepahoehoe.[From 19thc.]
    • 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.
    • 1981,Hilo Lava Flood Control: Environmental Impact Statement,page194:
      Both pahoehoe andaalava flows are common on the upper slopes ofMauna Loawith a preponderance ofaaflows found at the lower elevations.
Translations
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

Noun

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aa

  1. Initialism ofacetic acid.
  2. Initialism ofactingage.
  3. (medicine)Initialism ofalveolar-arterial.
  4. Initialism ofaminoacetone.
  5. Initialism ofamino acid.
  6. Initialism ofapproximateabsolute.
  7. Initialism ofarachidonic acid.
  8. Initialism ofarmatureaccelerator.
  9. Initialism ofascendingaorta.
  10. Initialism ofatomicabsorption.
  11. Initialism ofauthor'salteration.
  12. Initialism ofaverageaudience.

Adjective

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aa(notcomparable)

  1. Initialism ofarctic-alpine.
  2. Initialism ofalwaysafloat.

Etymology 3

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Comparepp.

Noun

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aapl(plural only)

  1. Abbreviationofadjectives.
  2. Abbreviationofarteries.

Etymology 4

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Contraction.

Adjective

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aa

  1. Abbreviationofana(of each, equal parts).

Etymology 5

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Pronoun

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aa

  1. (Northumbria,personal)I.

Acholi

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Verb

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aa

  1. come

Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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  • ah(spelling variant)

Etymology

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FromOld High Germanouh,fromProto-Germanic*auk.Cognates includeGermanauch,Dutchook,Old Norseok,also archaicEnglisheke.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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aa

  1. also;too;as well;either;neither(in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed)
    I wuiaaa Eis.Stress on “aa”:Itoowant icecream.
    I wuiaaa Eis.Stress on “Eis”:I want icecream,too.
    Schåff ma des aa?Stress on “aa”: Can we do thattoo?
  2. Used for emphasis.
    1. 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'saa.Everybody thought that he wouldn't come, and that'sexactlywhat happened.
      I håb ka Ångst, es gibt jåaakan Grund.I'm not scared, therereallyis no reason to be.
    2. To confirm a preceding statement by someone else:really,actually,indeed,in fact
      I wuiaaa Eis.Stress on “wui”:Ido indeedwant icecream.
      Des isaaso.Stress on “is”:Itreallyis like that.
    3. Emphasis on a preceding conjunction(often withno)(always stressed)
      Des Essn håd eana ned gschmeckt und miaaaned.They didn't like the food andneitherdid I.
      I håb heit vui z'tuan und zan Årzt muaß iaa.I'm very busy today and Ialsohave to go to the doctor.
      Er håd ned nur s'Gödbeasl, sondernaano de Augnglasln ausgstraat.He not only lost his wallet, butalsohis glasses.
    4. Emphasis on a preceding negative statement:even(always stressed)
      Synonym:nedamoi
      Då håd kana wås måchn kenna,aaka Årzt.Nobody could do anything, notevena doctor.
    5. Implies doubt in a yes-no questionreally(always unstressed)
      Kånn i desaaglaubn?Can Ireallybelieve this?
      Håst da desaaguad iwalegt?Have youreallythought this through?
      Schåff ma desaa?Can wereallydo that?
    6. To imply that something is unreasonable; also used when expressing reproach, anger, astonishment, etc.(always unstressed)
      Wås miassn deaaålle då durchfoahrn?!Why do they all have to pass through here?!
      Du muasstaaimmer bei jedn Bledsinn mitmåchn.You always have to take part in any nonsense, don't you?
      Wäul'saania de Pappn hoidn kennts!That's because you never shut up!
  3. (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality):even(always stressed)
    Synonym:sogår
    Aawånn's woahr is, is's no ka endguitiger Beweis.Evenif this is true, it is no definite proof.
    Mia is desaascho amoi passiert.Itevenhappened to me once.
  4. as inwhatever,whenever,however,etc.ever(always unstressed)
    Wås'daatuast, ana is immer besser.Whateveryou do, someone will always do it better.

Bughotu

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Verb

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aa

  1. toopen
  2. to be open
  3. to open mouth

References

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  • W. Ivens,Bugotu-English/English-Bugotu Concise Dictionary(1998)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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aaf(pluralaa's,diminutiveaatjen)

  1. (especially in names)Alternative spelling ofa

East Central German

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Etymology

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CompareGermanein.

Article

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aa

  1. (Erzgebirgisch)a,an

Further reading

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  • 2020June 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,page13:

Estonian

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Interjection

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aa

  1. An interjection expressing recognition -
    Aa,see oled sina.
    Oh,it's you.
  2. An interjection expressing understanding -
    Aa,saan aru.
    Ah,I understand.

Noun

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aa(genitiveaa,partitiveaad)

  1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterA/a.

Further reading

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  • aa”,in[EKSS]Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat[Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aa

  1. The templateTemplate:Latn-defdoes not use the parameter(s):
    t=[[a]]
    Please seeModule:checkparamsfor help with this warning.
    The name of theLatin-scriptletterA/a.
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  • Speakers often use the corresponding forms ofa-kirjain(letter A, letter a)instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.
Declension
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Inflectionofaa(Kotustype 18/maa,no gradation)
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.
Possessive formsofaa(Kotustype 18/maa,no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aani aani
accusative nom. aani aani
gen. aani
genitive aani aideni
aitteni
partitive aatani aitani
inessive aassani aissani
elative aastani aistani
illative aahani aihini
adessive aallani aillani
ablative aaltani ailtani
allative aalleni ailleni
essive aanani ainani
translative aakseni aikseni
abessive aattani aittani
instructive
comitative aineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aasi aasi
accusative nom. aasi aasi
gen. aasi
genitive aasi aidesi
aittesi
partitive aatasi aitasi
inessive aassasi aissasi
elative aastasi aistasi
illative aahasi aihisi
adessive aallasi aillasi
ablative aaltasi ailtasi
allative aallesi aillesi
essive aanasi ainasi
translative aaksesi aiksesi
abessive aattasi aittasi
instructive
comitative ainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aamme aamme
accusative nom. aamme aamme
gen. aamme
genitive aamme aidemme
aittemme
partitive aatamme aitamme
inessive aassamme aissamme
elative aastamme aistamme
illative aahamme aihimme
adessive aallamme aillamme
ablative aaltamme ailtamme
allative aallemme aillemme
essive aanamme ainamme
translative aaksemme aiksemme
abessive aattamme aittamme
instructive
comitative ainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aanne aanne
accusative nom. aanne aanne
gen. aanne
genitive aanne aidenne
aittenne
partitive aatanne aitanne
inessive aassanne aissanne
elative aastanne aistanne
illative aahanne aihinne
adessive aallanne aillanne
ablative aaltanne ailtanne
allative aallenne aillenne
essive aananne ainanne
translative aaksenne aiksenne
abessive aattanne aittanne
instructive
comitative ainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative aansa aansa
accusative nom. aansa aansa
gen. aansa
genitive aansa aidensa
aittensa
partitive aataan
aatansa
aitaan
aitansa
inessive aassaan
aassansa
aissaan
aissansa
elative aastaan
aastansa
aistaan
aistansa
illative aahansa aihinsa
adessive aallaan
aallansa
aillaan
aillansa
ablative aaltaan
aaltansa
ailtaan
ailtansa
allative aalleen
aallensa
ailleen
aillensa
essive aanaan
aanansa
ainaan
ainansa
translative aakseen
aaksensa
aikseen
aiksensa
abessive aattaan
aattansa
aittaan
aittansa
instructive
comitative aineen
ainensa
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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compounds

Etymology 2

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Either crosslinguistic or borrowed from any of the many European languages it appears in.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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aa

  1. oh,ah(expression of recognition, realization, understanding, etc.)

French

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromHawaiianʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aam(pluralaas)

  1. (geology,oftenattributive)thesurfaceof an aalavaflow

Gagauz

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Etymology

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InheritedfromOld Anatolian Turkishآغْ(),fromProto-Turkic*āg.CompareTurkish.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aa(definite accusative[please provide],pluralaalar)

  1. seine,net
  2. web

References

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  • Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019),Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12,Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi,→ISBN,page 8

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSundaneseaa

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aa(first-person possessiveaaku,second-person possessiveaamu,third-person possessiveaanya)

  1. older brother

Synonyms

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Synonyms:abang,akang,kakak

Inupiaq

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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aa

  1. yes, I know
  2. I agree:expresses listener's agreement with storyteller or speaker
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Etymology 2

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Interjection

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aa

  1. expresses exasperation, criticism or dismay over what another person does or says, said in breathy voice
  2. expression of surprise or awe
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Italian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromHawaiianʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈa.a/
  • Rhymes:-aa
  • Hyphenation:à‧a

Noun

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aaf(invariable)

  1. (volcanology)aa(type of lava flow)
    Synonym:afrolite

Further reading

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  • aain Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • aainDizionario Italiano Olivetti,Olivetti Media Communication

Japanese

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Romanization

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aa

  1. Rōmajitranscription ofああ

Javanese

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Romanization

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aa

  1. Romanization ofꦲꦲ

Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey)
    • IPA(key):(amazement)/ʔaˈa/[ʔʌˈa]
    • IPA(key):(go to the devil)/ˈʔaa/[ˈʔaː.ʌ]
  • Syllabification:a‧a

Interjection

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  1. ah!(denoting amazement)

Noun

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áa

  1. (derogatory)act of going to the devil

Derived terms

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References

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  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “aa”, inA Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco(Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[2](in English and Kankanaey), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos “,→OCLC,page 1

Ladin

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Etymology

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FromLatinārea.CompareItalianaia.

Noun

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aaf(plural[please provide])

  1. farmyard
  2. threshing floor

Latvian

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Interjection

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aa

  1. yeah,uh-huh(expression of agreement, understanding)
    - Vai vēlies ēst? –Aa.
    - Do you want to eat? -Yeah.

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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CompareRussianага(aga),andEnglishuh-huh.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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aà, aã

  1. yeah,uh-huh(expression of agreement)
    - Ar̃ nóri válgyti? –.
    - Do you want to eat? - Yeah.

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Lun Bawang

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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aa

  1. no,not,without

Synonyms

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Manx

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Etymology

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FromOld Irish,comparative form ofoäc,fromProto-Celtic*yuwankos(compareWelshieuanc), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós(compareEnglishyoung).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aa

  1. comparative degreeofaeg(young, adolescent, immature)

Mbyá Guaraní

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Adverb

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aa

  1. here

Middle English

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromOld Norseá,fromProto-Germanic*ahwō(water, stream).Doubletofee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aa

  1. (Late Middle English,hapax)river,stream(in place name)

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Middle Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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aa

  1. Alternative form ofa(third-person singular present indicative ofmynet).

Murui Huitoto

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):[ˈaː]
  • Hyphenation:aa

Adverb

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aa

  1. up,above
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References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983)Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I)(Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3](in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page19
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[4],Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page145

Northern Sami

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aa

  1. no

Norwegian

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Letter

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aa

  1. Obsoletespelling ofå.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Letter

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aa

  1. Obsoletespelling ofå.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • Aa(letter and noun,upper case)

Conjunction

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aa

  1. obsolete typography ofog

Interjection

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aa

  1. obsolete typography ofå

Letter

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aa

  1. obsolete typography ofå

Noun

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aaf(definite singularaai,indefinite pluralaaeroraair,definite pluralaaerneoraaine)

  1. obsolete typography ofå

Particle

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aa

  1. obsolete typography ofå

Preposition

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aa

  1. obsolete typography ofå

References

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  • Ivar Aasen(1850) “aa”,inOrdbog over det norske Folkesprog(in Danish), Oslo:Samlaget,published2000

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Contraction

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aaf

  1. Contraction ofa+a(to/at the).
    • [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedraaaomagen 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 stoneat thestatue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.
Descendants
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  • Galician:á
  • Portuguese:à

Etymology 2

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InheritedfromLatinala(wing).

Noun

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aaf(pluralaas)

  1. wing
Descendants
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  • Galician:á
  • Portuguese:á

Pennsylvania German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld High Germanouh,fromProto-Germanic*auk;cognate withGermanauch,Dutchook,Old Englishēac.

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Adverb

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aa

  1. also
    • 1908,Astor C. Wuchter, “Die Mudderschprooch”, in Earl C. Haag, editor,A Pennsylvania German Anthology,page56:
      []Datt sinaaMensche, graad wie do[]
      There are people theretoo,just like here

Etymology 2

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FromOld High Germanana,fromProto-Germanic*ana,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂en-(up, on high).CompareGermanan,Dutchaan,Englishon.

Preposition

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aa

  1. on
  2. to

Scots

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Adjective

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aa

  1. Shetlandform ofa'(all)

References

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Stoney

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Noun

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aa

  1. mould,mildew

Sundanese

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Noun

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aa

  1. olderbrother

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A relaxed pronunciation ofja.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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aa(notcomparable)

  1. (colloquial)Expresses agreement or affirmation;yeah,yes
    Antonym:
    – Det är gott med pizza. –Aa,deäre.
    – Pizza is good. –Yeah,it is.
    – Såg du tricket han gjorde? –Aa,helt sjukt!
    – Did you see the trick he did? –Yeah,crazy!
    – Har du matat kaninerna? –Aa,det har jag.
    – Have you fed the rabbits? –Yes,I have.

Usage notes

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Often doubly emphasized – comparemhm.

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From thereduplicationofHokkienÁcÁc(ak,dirty),according to Manuel (1948). CompareIndonesianeek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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or(Baybayin spellingᜀᜀ)(childish)

  1. dirtythings;filth(especially feces)
    Synonyms:dumi,ate,atse,tsetse,ipot,oo,uu
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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aa(Baybayin spellingᜀᜀ)

  1. anexclamationexpressingwarning
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(Baybayin spellingᜀᜀ)(obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter,corresponding to "a"
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Further reading

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  • aa”,inPambansang 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,page12
  • Douglas, Carstairs(1873) “ok[R. ak, dirty].”,inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy,[With 1923Supplementafter the Appendix byThomas Barclay,Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page352;New Edition(With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England,1899,page352
  • Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor,Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[5](in Spanish), 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[6],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,|; [], 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.

Tlingit

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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aa(upper caseAa)

  1. (US)Aletterof the Tlingitalphabet,written in theLatin script.
    Synonym:à

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Võro

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Noun

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aa(genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

  1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterA/a.

Inflection

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Votic

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Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä)IPA(key):/ˈɑː/,[ˈɑː]
  • Rhymes:-ɑː
  • Hyphenation:aa

Interjection

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aa

  1. yep,yeah
  2. aha,uh-huh

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Contraction

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àá

  1. Contraction ofàwaá(We'll).
    Àálọ sí Amẹ́ríkà ní oṣù tí ó ń bọ̀.
    We'llbe going to the U.S. next month.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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áá

  1. Contraction ofòuná(He'll, she'll, it'll).
    Áárí wa l'ọ́jọ́ márùn-ún òní.
    She'llbe seeing us four days from now.