aa

Symbol

aa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Afar.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Afar terms

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Etymology 3

Compare pp.

Etymology 4

Contraction.

Etymology 5

Verb

aa

1. come

Alternative forms

• ah (spelling variant)

Etymology

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognates include German auch, Dutch ook, Old Norse ok, also archaic English eke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː/
• Homophones: a, ah

Adverb

aa

1. also; too; as well; either; neither (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed)

   I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “aa”: I too want icecream.

   I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too.

   Schåff ma des aa? ― Stress on “aa”: Can we do that too?

2. Used for emphasis.
   1. To confirm a preceding statement: really, actually, indeed, in fact, exactly (always unstressed)

      A jeder håd se dåcht, dåss er ned kummt, und so woar's aa. ― Everybody thought that he wouldn't come, and that's exactly what happened.

      I håb ka Ångst, es gibt jå aa kan Grund. ― I'm not scared, there really is no reason to be.

   2. To confirm a preceding statement by someone else: really, actually, indeed, in fact

      I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “wui”: I do indeed want icecream.

      Des is aa so. ― Stress on “is”: It really is like that.

   3. Emphasis on a preceding conjunction (often with no) (always stressed)

      Des Essn håd eana ned gschmeckt und mia aa ned. ― They didn't like the food and neither did I.

      I håb heit vui z'tuan und zan Årzt muaß i aa. ― I'm very busy today and I also have to go to the doctor.

      Er håd ned nur s'Gödbeasl, sondern aa no de Augnglasln ausgstraat. ― He not only lost his wallet, but also his glasses.

   4. Emphasis on a preceding negative statement: even (always stressed)

      Synonym: ned amoi

      Då håd kana wås måchn kenna, aa ka Årzt. ― Nobody could do anything, not even a doctor.

   5. Implies doubt in a yes-no question really (always unstressed)

      Kånn i des aa glaubn? ― Can I really believe this?

      Håst da des aa guad iwalegt? ― Have you really thought this through?

      Schåff ma des aa? ― Can we really do that?

   6. To imply that something is unreasonable; also used when expressing reproach, anger, astonishment, etc. (always unstressed)

      Wås miassn de aa ålle då durchfoahrn?! ― Why do they all have to pass through here?!

      Du muasst aa immer bei jedn Bledsinn mitmåchn. ― You always have to take part in any nonsense, don't you?

      Wäul's aa nia de Pappn hoidn kennts! ― That's because you never shut up!

3. (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality): even (always stressed)

   Synonym: sogår

   Aa wånn's woahr is, is's no ka endguitiger Beweis. ― Even if this is true, it is no definite proof.

   Mia is des aa scho amoi passiert. ― It even happened to me once.

4. as in whatever, whenever, however, etc. ever (always unstressed)

   Wås'd aa tuast, ana is immer besser. ― Whatever you do, someone will always do it better.

Verb

aa

1. to open
2. to be open
3. to open mouth

References

• W. Ivens, Bugotu-English/English-Bugotu Concise Dictionary (1998)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

aa f (plural aa's, diminutive aatje n)

1. (especially in names) Alternative spelling of a

Etymology

Compare German ein.

Article

aa

1. (Erzgebirgisch) a, an

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:

Interjection

aa

1. An interjection expressing recognition -

   Aa, see oled sina.

   Oh, it's you.

2. An interjection expressing understanding -

   Aa, saan aru.

   Ah, I understand.

Noun

aa (genitive aa, partitive aad)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Further reading

• “aa”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Etymology 1

From Latin ā.

Etymology 2

Either crosslinguistic or borrowed from any of the many European languages it appears in.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.a/

• Audio:

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Noun

aa m (plural aas)

1. (geology, often attributive) the surface of an aa lava flow

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آغْ (aġ), from Proto-Turkic *āg. Compare Turkish ağ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː/

Noun

aa (definite accusative [please provide], plural aalar)

1. seine, net
2. web

References

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 8

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese aa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/, [ˈa.a]

Noun

aa (plural aa-aa)

1. older brother

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/
• Rhymes: -aa
• Hyphenation: à‧a

Noun

aa f (invariable)

1. (volcanology) aa (type of lava flow)

   Synonym: afrolite

Further reading

• aa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• aa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanization

aa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

Romanization

aa

1. Romanization of ꦲꦲ

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey)
  • IPA^(key): (amazement) /ʔaˈa/ [ʔʌˈa]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): (go to the devil) /ˈʔaa/ [ˈʔaː.ʌ]
    • Rhymes: -aa
• Syllabification: a‧a

Interjection

aá

1. ah! (denoting amazement)

Noun

áa

1. (derogatory) act of going to the devil

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “aa”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 1

Etymology

From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.

Noun

aa f (plural [please provide])

1. farmyard
2. threshing floor

Interjection

aa

1. yeah, uh-huh (expression of agreement, understanding)

   - Vai vēlies ēst? – Aa.

   - Do you want to eat? - Yeah.

Etymology

Compare Russian ага (aga), and English uh-huh.

Pronunciation

• (aà) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɐ/
• (aã) IPA^(key): /ɐ.aː/

Interjection

aà, aã

1. yeah, uh-huh (expression of agreement)

   - Ar̃ nóri válgyti? – Aà.

   - Do you want to eat? - Yeah.

Further reading

• “aa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː/

Determiner

aa

1. no, not, without

Etymology

From Old Irish oä, comparative form of oäc, from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

Adjective

aa

1. comparative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)

Adverb

aa

1. here

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”). Doublet of ee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Noun

aa

1. (Late Middle English, hapax) river, stream (in place name)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/, /aː/

Verb

aa

1. Alternative form of a (third-person singular present indicative of mynet).

Alternative forms

• a (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaː]
• Hyphenation: aa

Adverb

aa

1. up, above

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 19
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 145

Letter

aa

1. Obsolete spelling of å.

Letter

aa

1. Obsolete spelling of å.

Alternative forms

• Aa (letter and noun, upper case)

Conjunction

aa

1. obsolete typography of og

Interjection

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

Letter

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

Noun

aa f (definite singular aai, indefinite plural aaer or aair, definite plural aaerne or aaine)

1. obsolete typography of å

Particle

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

Preposition

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “aa”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ala (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/

Etymology 1

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk; cognate with German auch, Dutch ook, Old English ēac.

Etymology 2

From Old High German ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up, on high”). Compare German an, Dutch aan, English on.

Adjective

aa

1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

References

• “aa, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Noun

aa

1. mould, mildew

Noun

aa

1. older brother

Alternative forms

• a
• aaa
• aaaa

Etymology

A relaxed pronunciation of ja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːa/

Adverb

aa (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Expresses agreement or affirmation; yeah, yes

   Antonym: nä

   – Det är gott med pizza. – Aa, de äre.

   – Pizza is good. – Yeah, it is.

   – Såg du tricket han gjorde? – Aa, helt sjukt!

   – Did you see the trick he did? – Yeah, crazy!

   – Har du matat kaninerna? – Aa, det har jag.

   – Have you fed the rabbits? – Yes, I have.

Etymology 1

From the reduplication of Hokkien 齷 / 龌 (ak, “dirty”), according to Manuel (1948). Compare Indonesian eek.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Further reading

• “aa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 12
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ok [R. ak, dirty].”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 352; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 352
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 1:

  A) AA yaon (pc) la primera letra del. a.b.c. Tagalog. Eſta letra A. ſegun. S. Iſidoro (lib.r. Ethimolo) es la primera letra de todas las lẽguas. Los Latinos y Eſpañoles ſolos la nombran, como la eſcriuen, y la eſcriuen, como la nombran, las de mas naciones no, q̃ ſõ muy diferentes ẽ eſto. Porque el Hebreo la llama Aleph, el Griego. Alpha, el Arabigo. Alipha, &t, y nuestros Tagalos. A ,|, Aayaon ,|; [ᜀ], y eſto [ſolo para] nombralla de porſi, vt, anung ng̃alã [niring] litra? como ſellama eſta letra? ℞, Aayaon, mas en eſcritura, y en lo que hablan, raçonando, [la eſcriuẽ], y [pronuncian] ſimplemẽte, como ſuena, A.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Letter

aa (upper case Aa)

1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: à

Noun

aa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː/, [ˈɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: aa

Interjection

aa

1. yep, yeah
2. aha, uh-huh

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Noun

aa

1. chicken

References

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎