အ

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

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အ • (a.)

1. A, the 33th and last letter of the Burmese alphabet
2. first in the set of twelve vowels traditionally taught in the learning of the Burmese language

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔa (“dumb, mute”); cognate with Jingpho ma-a (“mute”) and Old Chinese 啞 (OC *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ, “mute”).

အ • (a.)

1. to be mute, dumb (unable to speak)
2. to be dumbfounded
3. to be a dud
4. to be a simpleton
5. to be inert, not thrive
6. to be denatured, lose potency
7. to be disproportionate, look stodgy

အ • (a.)

1. dumb
2. dud

(some terms below may be associated with the prefixal sense အ- (a.-))

Borrowed from Pali a- (“not, un-, a-”), from Sanskrit अ- (a-, “idem”).

အ • (a.)

1. particle prefixed to Pali and Sanscrit words and their derivatives beginning with consonants to denote negation (in words beginning with vowels the particle အန (a.na.) performs this function)
2. (archaic, rare) particle prefixed to some words to effect negation

→ Mon: အ

• “အ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Borrowed from Burmese အ (a.).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʔ/

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အ (ʼa)

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

အ (ʼa)

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

အ (ʼa)

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

အ (ʼa)

1. to private affix.

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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