a-a

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

a-a (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of aa.
    • 1883, Clarence E. Dutton, Fourth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey:
      The second form of the lavas is called by the natives a-a, and its contrast with pahoehoe is about the greatest imaginable. It consists mainly of clinkers sometimes detached, sometimes partially agglutinated together with a bristling array of sharp, jagged, angular fragments.

Etymology 2

Adjective

a-a (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of air-to-air.

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *hjaʔ.

Pronunciation

  • (Chungli) IPA(key): /a˥.aʔ˩/, [a˥.aʔ˩]

Verb

a-a

  1. (Chungli)
    1. to earn (wages)
    2. to pay (wages)
    3. to hire, employ (a worker)
      • 1967, “Deuteronomy 23:4”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:
        ...nenok atakatemdaktsütsü asoshi Mesopotamia nung aliba Pethor nungi Beor jabaso Balaam parnoki a-a.
        ...they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.

Inflection

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 184
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 17
  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 129
  • Clark, E. W. (1911), “A, ta”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

Hiligaynon

Interjection

á-a

  1. an exclamation of sorrow or anguish

Interjection

a-â

  1. now then
  2. fie

Ligurian

Etymology

a (at”, “to) + a f sg (the, definite article)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːa/

Contraction

a-a

  1. at the, to the (+ a feminine noun in singular)

Northern Sami

Interjection

a-a

  1. no