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ā

1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel a
2. (international standards) transliterates Indic आ (or equivalent).

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• (Letters with macron or underline):  Āā  Ǟǟ  Ḇḇ  C̄c̄  Ḏḏ  Ēē  Ḕḕ  Ḗḗ  Ḡḡ  ẖ  Īī  Ḹḹ  Ḻḻ  Ṉṉ  Ōō  Ȫȫ  Ṑṑ  Ṓṓ  R̄r̄  Ṝṝ  Ṟṟ  Ṯṯ  Ūū  Ǘǘ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ȳȳ  Ẕẕ  Ǣǣ

ā

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FACE vowel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ā

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

ā

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

• paha as a conjunction

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ā

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

ā

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

• hōʻā
• āʻōʻō

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ā

1. a mold used in souring foods such as poi

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) “ā”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎^[1], 2003.

ā

1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑ/

ā

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

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key): [aː]

ā (lower case, upper case Ā)

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

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).

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑː/

ā (upper case Ā)

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

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

• a — nonstandard

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 (upper case Ā)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

Likely cognate with Hawaiian ā (“jaw; cheekbone”).

ā

1. collarbone

Likely cognate with Hawaiian ʻā (“to drive, to urge (such as cattle)”).

ā (passive āia or āngia)

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

Alternative form of āe.

ā

1. yeah, yes

ā

1. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

   Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-āw

   Tomorrow, I will leave

Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. Cognate with Indonesian empat.

ā

1. four

ā

1. (interrogative) what

   ʻO le ā le mea lea?

   What is this thing?

Letter a with macron ◌̄ to signify presence of both pitches.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /àː/, IPA^(key): /áː/

ā

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

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

• a
• á
• à
• ȃ
• ȁ

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɛː/, /ɛ/

ā (lower case, upper case Ā)

1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of ä

• ō