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( phonetics ) A common convention for along vowel a ( international standards ) आ ā
( lexicography ) A dictionary transcription for theFACE vowel. (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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when , at the same time asuntil , toas far as ā
and so ( rare ) and then ( rare ) but (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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jaw ,cheekbone a surgical instrument made ofsmooth bone traditionally used to perform procedures includinglancing andabortion ā
( intransitive ) talk a lot ,chatter ,jabber ,blabber ( intransitive ) talkative ,noisy (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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amold used insouring foods such aspoi Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1957 ) “ā ”, inEnglish–Hawaiian Dictionary Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi [1] 2003 ā
Rōmaji transcription ofああ ā
A letter of the Jersey Dutch alphabet , written in the Latin script. Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs , which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur , and sporadically inCyrillic .
Ā ā (lower case ,upper case Ā
The secondletter of the Latvianalphabet , calledgarais ā Latin script . Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet,Ā ā A a
Letters of the Latvian alphabet: burti A a Ā ā B b C c Č č D d E e Ē ē F f G g Ģ ģ H h I i Ī ī J j K k Ķ ķ L l Ļ ļ M m N n Ņ ņ O o P p R r S s Š š T t U u Ū ū V v Z z Ž ž ā (upper case Ā
The secondletter of the Livonianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦ A a Ā ā Ä ä Ǟ ǟ B b D d D̦ d̦ E e Ē ē F f G g H h I i Ī ī J j K k L l Ļ ļ M m N n Ņ ņ O o Ō ō Ȯ ȯ Ȱ ȱ Õ õ Ȭ ȭ P p R r Ŗ ŗ S s Š š T t Ț ț U u Ū ū V v Z z Ž ž ā (a1 Zhuyin ㄚ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of吖 Hanyu Pinyin reading of呵 Hanyu Pinyin reading of啊 Hanyu Pinyin reading of嬶 Hanyu Pinyin reading of腌 Hanyu Pinyin reading of錒 / 锕 Hanyu Pinyin reading of阿 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𠼞 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𥥩 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𨉚 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𫮄 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𮤴 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𮥀 Hanyu Pinyin reading of𰛄 ā (upper case Ā
The secondletter of the Maorialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ā ā ,E e ,Ē ē ,H h ,I i ,Ī ī ,K k ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ō ō ,P p ,R r ,T t ,U u ,Ū ū ,W w ,Ng ng ,Wh wh Likely cognate withHawaiian ā ( “ jaw; cheekbone ” ) .
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collarbone Likely cognate withHawaiian ʻā ( “ to drive, to urge( such as cattle ) ” ) .
ā (passive āia or āngia
todrive cattle livestock tourge compel Alternative form ofāe
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yeah yes ā
( auxiliary ) Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-ā w Tomorrow, Iwill leave Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.
ā (lower case ,upper case Ā
( Sylt ) Aletter of the North Frisianalphabet , written in theLatin script . Occurs chiefly, though not exclusively, before ⟨r aa [aː] . ( North Frisian letters ) : a ,ä ,å ,ā ,b ,c ,d ,đ ,e ,ē ,f ,g ,h ,i ,j ,k ,l ,m ,n ,o ,ö ,p ,r ,s ,t ,u ,ü ,v ,w (q ,x ,y ,z )FromProto-Polynesian *fa Proto-Oceanic *pat Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat Proto-Austronesian *Səpat empat .
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four ā
( interrogative ) what ʻO leā le mea lea? What is this thing?Lettera ◌̄
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( tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of soundaː Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.
From the perceived ease and speed of writing amacron (¯) compared to anumlaut (¨).
ā (lower case ,upper case Ā
( in handwriting ) Alternative form ofä 
