အ

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See also: ဥ, ဦး, အို, အူ, အော့, အေး, အား, and အ-

အ U+1021, အ
MYANMAR LETTER A
← ဠ
 		Myanmar ဢ →

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔa; cognate with Jingpho ma-a (“mute”) and Chinese 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a. • ALA-LC: ʼa • BGN/PCGN: a. • Okell: á
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Letter

အ • (a.)

  1. A, the 33th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Verb

အ • (a.)

  1. be mute, dumb (unable to speak)

Descendants

→ Mon: အ

References

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အ (a.).

Pronunciation

Letter

အ (ʼa)

  1. ʼA, the thirty-fourth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Proper noun

အ (ʼa)

  1. ʼA, the first of twelve vowels the Mon language.

Adjective

အ (ʼa)

  1. Unable to speak, mute, dumb, dud.

Verb

အ (ʼa)

  1. to private affix.

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen

Prefix

အ • (ʼa)

  1. Verb prefix indicating the third person: he, she, it, they
  2. Noun prefix indicating the third person possessive: his, her, its, their
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