Contionary:a

See also: á, â, à, and -a

Avendonian

Pronunciation

• (Central Avendonian) IPA^(key): [a]

Etymology 1

From Latin ad.

Preposition

a

1. to, toward

   Vi gamos a'l stade.

   We go to the city.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Noun

a f (plural e)

1. river

   La a abe filo vatro.

   The river has a lot of water.

Bearlandic

Pronunciation

(Bearlandic) IPA: /aː/

Numeral

a

1. one

Braereth

Pronunciation & Variants

Official	Classical	Tenibvreth	Eomentesa	Merineth
/a/	[a]	[a, ə] ⟪a⟫	[a] ⟨a⟩	[a] ⧼a⧽

Etymology

From Latin ad

Adposition

a

1. at, to, in

   A dative pronoun. 'Ath' when followed by a vowel.

Related Terms

• ath ‘to’

Brooding

Alternative forms

Extended ASCII Form:	a
Abjad ASCII Form:	a

Pronunciation

(Brooding) IPA: /ɑ/

Particle

a

• do!
• do it!

Usage Notes

This is an imperative marker which indicates that a following verb is a command. See Verbs › Commands for usage.

Esmitan

Etymology

From old Esmitan a.

Pronunciation

(Esmitan) IPA: /a/ [ʔa]

Article

1. (no longer productive, used in set phrases) the

Interlingua

Etymology

from Latin ad ("to")

Pronunciation

• /a/

Preposition

1. to, at
2. to, for (indicating purpose)

   sala a attender

   waiting room

Derived terms

• a in
• al

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Toki Pona

Etymology

onomatopoeia. Created by Sonja Lang pre-pu.

Pronunciation

(Toki Pona) IPA: /a/

Particle

a

1. placed after something for emphasis or emotion
2. ah, oh, ha, eh, um, oy

Grekelin

Pronunciation (IPA)

• IPA: /a/, [ɑ]

Etymology

From Old Grekelin να, cognate with Greek να (na), Mariupol Greek на (na), all stemming from Ancient Greek ἵνα (hina). Not related to Hungarian az (The definite article).

Particle

1. Used to form the infinitive of some verbs, similar to the English to:

   A zsei kapkja i a uck zsei?   (To live or not to live)

   Repato a töró.   (I am going to eat)

1. Used to form the imperative on most verbs:

   A hagyde!   (Leave!)

   A fere eis mei e leveszi   (Bring me the soup)

Modern Gallaecian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Calá) IPA^(key): [(ˈ)ɐ]

Conjunction

a

1. Subordinate clause marker; that, which

   A benedes uba querdó.

   I believe that you stayed here.

Reneissan

Etymology

From Latin ad

Pronunciation

(Reneissan) IPA: /a/

Preposition

a

1. to, at

Derived terms

When followed by a definite article, a is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

a + article	combined form
a + il	al
a + i	ai
a + la	alla
a + lai	allai
a + l'	all'
a + lais	allais

Soc'ul'

Wacag logograph

Etymology

Cognate to Gwaxol -ha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a˧]

Particle

a

1. ergative particle

   class-1

   C'en íūnemiats íūlēl a xeýan ez'e yan' bāuñ.

   The official can't help but laugh at the old fool's demands.

   class-2

   Nuc' sehiux a Tsuc'o Asuïca?

   Can Tsuc'o and I play with Asuïca?

2. accusative particle

   class-1

   Sutxi miulah āhcormiuei a Āyan.

   The doctor recommends that you pray to Ayan.

   class-2

   Xeý xeý xíc' xad a jál ziñué.

   Someone really needs to discipline those little brats.

3. (informal) separating particle

   Xen culec' huuc' hab hej a jál.

   I didn't expect your mother to see that.

Noun particles

	erg/acc	gen/dat	indef/pl	loc/inal
1	a	en	ez'	he
2		nej		hej
cl1/cl2		nu		hé
cl3	al	nil	ez'e	hel
cl4	ax	nux		hex
cl5	ád	nid'		hed'

Jokelang 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌ/

Particle

a

1. American plural particle

   A whettlenicks like huzzah zoinks, slappen whoodle ey oh jonklerter.

   Right before the sheriffs shot into the ceiling, they saw that they celebrated too soon.

Scots Norse

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Old Norse ek, though the semantic evolution is disputed. Alternative etymologies include:

a formation from Scots Norse itself.

A very old derivation from splitting the original infinitive ending, -a, from the body of the verb.

An early loan from an unknown language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈæ/ (always stressed)

Pronoun

a

1. a null pronoun for forming the impersonal; it

   raghnarr a ― it's raining