ā

ā (upper case Ā)

1. The letter a with a macron.

• (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 using macron sign or underline sign):  Āā  Ǟǟ  Ḇḇ  C̄c̄  Ḏḏ  Ēē  Ḕḕ  Ḗḗ  Ḡḡ  ẖ  Īī  Ḹḹ  Ḻḻ  Ṉṉ  Ōō  Ȫȫ  Ṑṑ  Ṓṓ  Ṝṝ  Ṟṟ  Ṯṯ  Ūū  Ǘǘ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ȳȳ  Ẕẕ  Ǣǣ
• āā

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

ā

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

ā

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

• hōʻā
• āʻōʻō

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, 2003.

ā

1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

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

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) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, 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

ā

1. (obsolete) The second letter of pre-1927 Malay alphabet, written in Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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ā (Zhuyin ㄚ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 吖
2. Pinyin transcription of 腌
3. Pinyin transcription of 阿
4. Pinyin transcription of 啊
5. Pinyin transcription of 錒, 锕

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

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.

ā

1. four

ā

1. (interrogative) what

   ʻO le ā le mea lea?

   What is this thing?