'a

1. (archaic)Alternative form ofa(“he, she, they”).

'a

1. (archaic)Alternative form ofa(“have, had”).

'a

1. Alternative form ofa(“to”).
   • 1955, Russell Ames, “The Open Road, the Chain Gang, and the Jail”, inThe Story of American Folk Song (The Listener’s Music Library), New York, N.Y.:Grosset & Dunlap, published1960,→OCLC,page248:

     Say, these stripes, stripes sure don’t worry me. But these chains, chains goin’’a kill me dead.

   • 2009,Jennifer Worth, “The Captain’s Daughter”, inFarewell to the East End, London:Weidenfeld & Nicolson,→ISBN,page237:

     Well, this one’s ’ere all right. Captain’s wife or somefink, the mate says. Least, that’s what I think he’s tryin’’a say, because he can’t speak no English.

   • 2014,R[oger] N. Morris, chapter 11, inThe Dark Palace (A Silas Quinn Mystery; 3), Sutton, Surrey:Crème de la Crime,→ISBN, Part 1 (Love),page50:

     So while we’re all distracted tryin’’a fix it all – that’s when they strike.

'a f sg

1. (Quebec, informal)contraction ofla

• IPA^(key): /ʔa/

'a

1. fall
2. fruit
3. egg

'a (intransitive,irregular)

1. tofall
2. tobe born
3. tofructify
4. tolike someone

'a

1. fruit

'a

1. hair

'a

1. tofall, totumble
2. togetcaught(e.g. in a trap)
3. tolose(to fail to win)

• Robert A. Dooley (August 2016), “'a”, inLéxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil,page 3

From Old Neapolitanla.

'a f (definite)

1. the

'a f

1. her(accusative)

From Old Neapolitanda, fromLatindeab.

• a

'a

1. from
2. by (indicating the actor in a passive voice)
3. to (something that has to be done)

• â
• 'e
• ll'
• 'o

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa/
• Rhymes:-a
• Hyphenation:'a

FromProto-Tupi-Guarani*ʔa(“fruit, head”), fromProto-Tupian*ʔa(“fruit, head”).Cognate withSateré-Mawé'a andGuaraní'a.

'a (possessable)

1. (chiefly in compounds)head(part of the body)

   Synonym:akanga

2. glans penis

   Synonym:'ayîá

3. fruit

   Synonym:'ybá

4. (vocative, in reverence)dude;broterm ofaddress for aman
5. (vocative, in reverence)companion;comrade;term ofaddress for afriend
6. (vocative, in reverence)sir;term ofaddress for anold man

'a (first-person singular active indicativea'a,first-person singular negative active indicativen'a'aî,noun'ara)(intransitive)

1. (São Vicente)apocopic form of'ar.

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “'a”, inDicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global,→ISBN,page 3, column 1

'a f sg (pluralle)

1. the

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• tpw:Genitalia
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• tpw:Head and neck
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