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See also: Ả and Appendix:Variations of "a"
ả U+1EA3, ả
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH HOOK ABOVE
Composition:a [U+0061] + ◌̉ [U+0309]
← Ả
 		Latin Extended Additional Ấ →

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːꟲ. Cognate with Thai อ้า (âa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ả (吖)

  1. to open; to spread (one's legs or hands); to straddle
    ả tu ― to open the door
    ả pác ― to open one's mouth
    ả kha ― to spread one's leg
    ả mừ ― to open one's hand

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

ả (upper case Ả)

  1. The letter a in hỏi tone.

Noun

ả • (妸, 阿)

  1. (Central Vietnam) elder sister
    Synonym: chị
  2. (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, derogatory) villainess

Pronoun

ả • (妸, 婭)

  1. (familiar or endearing in Central Vietnam, derogatory in the mainstream dialects) she/her

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