aa-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German ane-. Cognate with German an-.

Pronunciation

(Zürich) IPA^(key): /ɒː/

Prefix

aa-

Forms (mostly) verbs, originally with the sense of ‘on’.
‎aa- + ‎binde (“to tie up”) → ‎aabinde (“to tie to (something)”)

‎aa- + ‎stoo (“to stand”) → ‎aastoo (“to queue up”)

Derived terms

Alemannic German terms prefixed with aa-

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aith-.

Prefix

aa-

re-, second
ex-, retired

Derived terms

Manx terms prefixed with aa-

Ndonga

Alternative forms

aay-

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bà- (“Class 2 noun prefix”).

Prefix

aa-

Class 2 noun prefix.

References

T.E.Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Vocabulary‎^[1], ELOC Printing Press, page c

Onondaga

Prefix

aa-

optative prefix

References

Hanni Woodbury (2018), A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 95