aa

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forAfar.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Afar terms

FromHawaiianʻaʻā.

• a'a,'a'a,'a'ā,a-a,a aa,a-aa

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈɑː.ɑː/,[ˈɑː.ʔɑː],enPR:äʹä
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈɑ.ɑ/,[ˈɑ.ʔɑ]

aa (uncountable)

1. (volcanology) A form oflava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting ofbasalticrock, usually dark-colored with ajagged and loose,clinkery surface. Comparepahoehoe.[From 19^th c.]
   • 1859, R. C. Haskell,American journal of science and arts, series XXVIII:

     We...saw ‘pahoihoi’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers.

   • 1944, Charles A. Cotton,Volcanoes as landscape forms:

     Cooling and solidification frequently takes a different course [...] in lava flows, producing the clinker-like ‘aa’ lava.

   • 1981,Hilo Lava Flood Control: Environmental Impact Statement,page194:

     Both pahoehoe andaa lava flows are common on the upper slopes ofMauna Loa with a preponderance ofaa flows found at the lower elevations.

Abbreviation.

aa

1. Initialism ofacetic acid.
2. Initialism ofactingage.
3. (medicine)Initialism ofalveolar-arterial.
4. Initialism ofaminoacetone.
5. Initialism ofamino acid.
6. Initialism ofapproximateabsolute.
7. Initialism ofarachidonic acid.
8. Initialism ofarmatureaccelerator.
9. Initialism ofascendingaorta.
10. Initialism ofatomicabsorption.
11. Initialism ofauthor'salteration.
12. Initialism ofaverageaudience.

aa (notcomparable)

1. Initialism ofarctic-alpine.
2. Initialism ofalwaysafloat.

Comparepp.

aa pl (plural only)

1. Abbreviation ofadjectives.
2. Abbreviation ofarteries.

Contraction.

aa

1. Abbreviation ofana(“of each, equal parts”).

aa

1. (Northumbria, personal)I.

aa

1. come

• ah(spelling variant)

FromOld High Germanouh, fromProto-Germanic*auk. Cognates includeGermanauch,Dutchook,Old Norseok, also archaicEnglisheke.

• IPA^(key):/ɑː/
• Homophones:a,ah

aa

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

   I wuiaa a Eis. ―Stress on “aa”: Itoo want icecream.

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

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

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'saa. ―Everybody thought that he wouldn't come, and that'sexactly what happened.

      I håb ka Ångst, es gibt jåaa kan Grund. ―I'm not scared, therereally is no reason to be.

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

      I wuiaa a Eis. ―Stress on “wui”: Ido indeed want icecream.

      Des isaa so. ―Stress on “is”: Itreally is like that.

   3. Emphasis on a preceding conjunction(often withno)(always stressed)

      Des Essn håd eana ned gschmeckt und miaaa ned. ―They didn't like the food andneither did I.

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

      Er håd ned nur s'Gödbeasl, sondernaa no de Augnglasln ausgstraat. ―He not only lost his wallet, butalso his glasses.

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

      Synonym:nedamoi

      Då håd kana wås måchn kenna,aa ka Årzt. ―Nobody could do anything, noteven a doctor.

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

      Kånn i desaa glaubn? ―Can Ireally believe this?

      Håst da desaa guad iwalegt? ―Have youreally thought this through?

      Schåff ma desaa? ―Can wereally do that?

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

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

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

      Wäul'saa 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 desaa scho amoi passiert. ―Iteven happened to me once.

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

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

aa

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

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

• Audio:

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aa f (pluralaa's,diminutiveaatje n)

1. (especially in names)Alternative spelling ofa

CompareGermanein.

aa

1. (Erzgebirgisch)a,an

• 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^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand,→ISBN,→OCLC, page13:

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.

aa (genitiveaa,partitiveaad)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterA/a.

• “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

FromLatinā.

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

aa

1. The templateTemplate:Latn-def does not use the parameter(s):

   t=[[a]]

   Please seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning.The name of theLatin-script letterA/a.

• Speakers often use the corresponding forms ofa-kirjain(“letter A, letter a”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.

• a-kirjain

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

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

aa

1. oh,ah(expression of recognition, realization, understanding, etc.)

Borrowed fromHawaiianʻaʻā.

• IPA^(key):/a.a/

• Audio:

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aa m (pluralaas)

1. (geology, oftenattributive) thesurface of an aalava flow

Inherited fromOld Anatolian Turkishآغْ(aġ), fromProto-Turkic*āg. CompareTurkishağ.

• IPA^(key):/ɑː/

aa (definite accusative[please provide],pluralaalar)

1. seine,net
2. web

• 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

Borrowed fromSundaneseaa.

• IPA^(key):/ˈa.a/,[ˈa.a]

aa (pluralaa-aa)

1. older brother

• (older brother):seeThesaurus:abang

aa

1. yes, I know
2. I agree:expresses listener's agreement with storyteller or speaker

aa

1. expresses exasperation, criticism or dismay over what another person does or says, said in breathy voice
2. expression of surprise or awe

Borrowed fromHawaiianʻaʻā.

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

aa f (invariable)

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

   Synonym:afrolite

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

aa

1. Rōmaji transcription ofああ

aa

1. Romanization ofꦲꦲ

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

aá

1. ah! (denoting amazement)

áa

1. (derogatory) act of going to the devil

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “aa”, inA Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“,→OCLC, page 1

FromLatinārea. CompareItalianaia.

aa f (plural[please provide])

1. farmyard
2. threshing floor

aa

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

   - Vai vēlies ēst? –Aa.

   - Do you want to eat? -Yeah.

CompareRussianага(aga), andEnglishuh-huh.

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

aà, aã

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

   - Ar̃ nóri válgyti? –Aà.

   - Do you want to eat? - Yeah.

• taip

• “aa”, inLietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt,1941–2025

• IPA^(key):/ˈɔː/

aa

1. no,not,without

• na,naa

FromOld Irishoä, comparative form ofoäc, fromProto-Celtic*yuwankos (compareWelshieuanc), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compareEnglishyoung).

• IPA^(key):/ɛː/

aa

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

aa

1. here

Borrowed fromOld Norseá, fromProto-Germanic*ahwō(“water, stream”).Doublet ofee.

• IPA^(key):/aː/

aa

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

• “ā, n.²”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

• IPA^(key):/ˈa.a/,/aː/

aa

1. Alternative form ofa(third-person singular present indicative ofmynet).

• a(superseded)

• IPA^(key):[ˈaː]
• Hyphenation:aa

aa

1. up,above

• a-

• Shirley Burtch (1983)Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page19
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page145

aa

1. no

aa

1. Obsolete spelling ofå.

aa

1. Obsolete spelling ofå.

• Aa(letter and noun, upper case)

aa

1. obsolete typography ofog

aa

1. obsolete typography ofå

aa

1. obsolete typography ofå

aa f (definite singularaai,indefinite pluralaaeroraair,definite pluralaaerneoraaine)

1. obsolete typography ofå

aa

1. obsolete typography ofå

aa

1. obsolete typography ofå

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “aa”, inOrdbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo:Samlaget, published2000

• à

aa f

1. Contraction ofa +a(“to/at the”).
   • a.1284,Alfonso X of Castile,Cantigas de Santa Maria,Códice de los músicos,cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedraaa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     [H]ow a woman who was playing the dices in Apulia threw a stoneat the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

• Galician:á
• Portuguese:à

Inherited fromLatinala(“wing”).

aa f (pluralaas)

1. wing
   • a.1284,Alfonso X of Castile,Cantigas de Santa Maria,Códice de los músicos,cantiga 142 (facsimile):

     ⁊ dun gran colbeaa lle bꝛitou

     And with a powerful blow, broke itswing

• Galician:á
• Portuguese:á

• IPA^(key):/ˈaː/
• Rhymes:-aː
• Syllabification:aa

aa

1. there(far from the speaker)

• Álvarez, José, Bravo, María (2008) “aa”, inDiccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language]‎^[5], Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia,→ISBN, page41.

• IPA^(key):/ɔː/

FromOld High Germanouh, fromProto-Germanic*auk; cognate withGermanauch,Dutchook,Old Englishēac.

• auch(literary)

aa

1. also
   • 1908, Astor C. Wuchter, “Die Mudderschprooch”, in Earl C. Haag, editor,A Pennsylvania German Anthology,page56:

     […] Datt sinaa Mensche, graad wie do[…]

     There are people theretoo, just like here

FromOld High Germanana, fromProto-Germanic*ana, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂en-(“up, on high”). CompareGermanan,Dutchaan,Englishon.

aa

1. on
2. to

aa

1. Shetland form ofa'(“all”)

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

aa

1. mould,mildew

aa

1. olderbrother

• a
• aaa
• aaaa

A relaxed pronunciation ofja.

• IPA^(key):/²ɑːa/

aa (notcomparable)

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

   Antonym:nä

   – Det är gott med pizza. –Aa,deäre.

   – 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.

Often doubly emphasized – comparemhm.

From thereduplication ofHokkien齷 /龌(ak,“dirty”), according to Manuel (1948).CompareIndonesianeek.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔaˈʔaʔ/[ʔɐˈʔaʔ],/ˈʔaʔaʔ/[ˈʔaː.ʔɐʔ]
• Rhymes:-aʔ,-aʔaʔ
• Syllabification:a‧a

aâoraà (Baybayin spellingᜀᜀ)(childish)

1. dirtythings;filth(especially feces)

   Synonyms:dumi,ate,atse,tsetse,ipot,uo

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈʔaʔa/[ˈʔaː.ʔɐ]
• Rhymes:-aʔa
• Syllabification:a‧a

aa (Baybayin spellingᜀᜀ)

1. anexclamation expressingwarning

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔaˈʔaʔ/[ʔɐˈʔaʔ]
• Rhymes:-aʔ
• Syllabification:a‧a

aâ (Baybayin spellingᜀᜀ)(obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letterᜀ, corresponding to "a"

• “aa”, inPambansang 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,page12
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ok[R. ak, dirty].”, inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page352;New Edition, With Corrections by the Author.,Thomas Barclay,Lîm Iàn-sîn林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England,1899,page352
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor,Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (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^[7], 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.

• IPA^(key):/aː/

aa (upper caseAa)

1. (US)Aletter of the Tlingitalphabet, written in theLatin script.

   Synonym:à

• Canada:
• (Latin-script letters)A a,Á á,À à, â,Ch ch,Chʼ chʼ,D d,Dł dł,Dz dz,E e,É é,È è,Ê ê,G g,Gw gw,Gh gh,Ghw ghw,H h,I i,Í í,Ì ì,Πî,J j,K k,Kw kw,Kʼ kʼ,Kʼw kʼw,Kh kh,Khw khw,Khʼ khʼ,Khʼw khʼw (L l),Ł ł,Łʼ łʼ (M m),N n (O o),S s,Sʼ sʼ,Sh sh,T t,Tʼ tʼ,Tl tl,Tlʼ tlʼ,Ts ts,Tsʼ tsʼ,U u,Ú ú,Ù ù,Û û,W w,X x,Xw xw,Xʼ xʼ,Xʼw xʼw,Xh xh,Xhw xhw,Xhʼ xhʼ,Xhʼw xhʼw,Y y (Ÿ ÿ),․
• US:
• (Latin-script letters)A a,Á á,Aa aa,Áa áa,Ch ch,Chʼ chʼ,D d,Dl dl,Dz dz,E e,É é,Ee ee,Ée ée,Ei ei,Éi éi,G g,Gw gw,G̱ g̱,G̱w g̱w,H h,I i,Í í,J j,K k,Kw kw,Kʼ kʼ,Kʼw kʼw,Ḵ ḵ,Ḵw ḵw,Ḵʼ ḵʼ,Ḵʼw ḵʼw,L l,Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ,M m),N n (O o),Oo oo,Óo óo,S s,Sʼ sʼ,Sh sh,T t,Tʼ tʼ,Tl tl,Tlʼ tlʼ,Ts ts,Tsʼ tsʼ,U u,Ú ú,W w,X x,Xw xw,Xʼ xʼ,Xʼw xʼw,X̱ x̱,X̱w x̱w,X̱ʼ x̱ʼ,X̱ʼw x̱ʼw,Y y (Ÿ ÿ,Y̱ y̱),․

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

1. The name of theLatin-script letterA/a.

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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

aa

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

• IPA^(key):/àá/

àá

1. Contraction ofàwaá(“We'll”).

   Àá lọ sí Amẹ́ríkà ní oṣù tí ó ń bọ̀.

   We'll be going to the U.S. next month.

• IPA^(key):/áá/

áá

1. Contraction ofòuná(“He'll, she'll, it'll”).

   Áá rí wa l'ọ́jọ́ márùn-ún òní.

   She'll be seeing us four days from now.

aa

1. chicken

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021)The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎^[8]