အ-

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

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'
  • IPA(key): /ʔə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.- • ALA-LC: ʼa- • BGN/PCGN: ă • Okell: ă

Etymology 1

Prefix

အ- • (a.-)

  1. used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or from other nouns
    အလုပ် ― a.lup ― work (thing to do)
    အက ― a.ka. ― a dance (thing that one dances)
  2. used with a reduplicated noun to mean ‘various, diverse’
    အပြည်ပြည် ― a.pranyprany ― various countries
    အနိုင်နိုင်ငံ ― a.nuingnuingngam ― various states
  3. sometimes used as meaningless prefix to disambiguate in sentences
    အထည် ― a.htany ― cloth, fabric (ထည် already means "cloth")
    အမြီး ― a.mri: ― tail (မြီး already means "tail")
Usage notes

Very frequently deleted when the noun to which it is prefixed is used in a compound. When used with a reduplicated polysyllabic noun, only the first syllable is reduplicated.

Derived terms
Burmese terms prefixed with အ-

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali a-

Prefix

အ- • (a.-)

  1. particle prefixed to words derived from Pali and Sanskrit to denote negation
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