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'a

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See also:Appendix:Variations of "a"

English

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Pronoun

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

Verb

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

Particle

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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.

French

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Article

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'a f sg

(Quebec, informal)contraction ofla

Ma'di

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ʔā]
Hyphenation:'a

Noun

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'a (plural'a)

stomach

References

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Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003),A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page645

Mbya Guarani

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Possessed forms of 'a
singular			plural
1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
xe'a	nde'a	hi'a	nhande'a	ore'a	pende'a	hi'a

Etymology 2

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Noun

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hair

Possessed forms

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Possessed forms of 'a
singular			plural
1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
xe'a	nde'a	hi'a	nhande'a	ore'a	pende'a	hi'a

Etymology 3

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Verb

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tofall, totumble
toget caught(e.g. in a trap)
tolose(to fail to win)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of 'a
singular			plural
1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
xeeha'a	ndeeere'a	ha'eho'a	nhandeja'a	oreoro'a	peẽpe'a	ha'eho'a

References

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

Neapolitan

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Neapolitanla.

Article

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'a f (definite)

Pronoun

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'a f

her(accusative)

Coordinate terms

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Neapolitan personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	reflexive	possessive	prepositional
singular	first person		io	me			mìo,mìa,miéje,mèje	me,méne
	second person	familiar	tu	te			tùjo,tója,tuóje,tòje	te,téne
	second person	formal	vuje	ve			vuósto,vòsta,vuóste,vòste	vuje
	third person	n	ésso	'o (lo)	lle	se	sùjo,sója,suóje,sòje	ésso
		m	ìsso	'o,'u (lo,lu)	lle,lli			ìsso
		f	éssa	'a (la)	lle			éssa
plural	first person		nuje	nce			nuósto,nòsta,nuóste,nòste	nuje
	second person		vuje	ve			vuósto,vòsta,vuóste,vòste	vuje
	third person	n	éssa (llòro)	'a (la)	lle (llòro)	se	llòro (invariable)	éssa (llòro)
		m	ìsse (llòro)	'e,'i (le,li)	lle,lli (llòro)			ìsse (llòro)
		f	ésse (llòro)	'e (le)	lle (llòro)			ésse (llòro)

Etymology 2

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FromOld Neapolitanda, fromLatinde ab.

Alternative forms

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Preposition

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

Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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FromProto-Tupi-Guarani*ʔa(“fruit, head”), fromProto-Tupian*ʔa(“fruit, head”).

Cognate withSateré-Mawé'a andParaguayan Guarani'a.

Noun

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'a (possessable)

(chiefly in compounds)head(part of the body)
Synonym:akanga
glans penis
Synonym:'ayîá
fruit
Synonym:'ybá
(vocative, in reverence)dude;broterm ofaddress for aman
(vocative, in reverence)companion;comrade;term ofaddress for afriend
(vocative, in reverence)sir;term ofaddress for anold man

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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

(São Vicente)apocopic form of'ar.

Paraguayan Guarani

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Verb

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'a (intransitive,irregular)

tofall
tobe born
tofructify
tolike someone

Conjugation

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Conjugation of 'a

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
active
	indicative	cheha'a	ndere'a	ha'eho'a	ñandeja'a	orero'a	peẽpe'a	ha'ekuéraho'a/ho'ahikuái
	hortative	ta'ache	tere'ande	to'aha'e	taja'añande	toro'aore	tape'apeẽ	to'aha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	he'a	-	-	-	pe'a	-
passive
	indicative	cheaje'a	ndereje'a	ha'eoje'a	ñandejaje'a	oreroje'a	peẽpeje'a	ha'ekuéraoje'a/oje'ahikuái
	hortative	taje'ache	tereje'ande	toje'aha'e	tajaje'añande	toroje'aore	tapeje'apeẽ	toje'aha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eje'a	-	-	-	peje'a	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñandejajo'a	orerojo'a	peẽpejo'a	ha'ekuérahojo'a/hojo'ahikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajo'añande	torojo'aore	tapejo'apeẽ	tojo'aha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejo'a	-
coactive
	indicative	chehambo'a	nderembo'a	ha'ehombo'a	ñandeñambo'a	orerombo'a	peẽpembo'a	ha'ekuérahombo'a/hombo'ahikuái
	hortative	tambo'ache	terembo'ande	tombo'aha'e	tañambo'añande	torombo'aore	tapembo'apeẽ	tombo'aha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	hembo'a	-	-	-	pembo'a	-
objective
	indicative	cheharo'a/haguero'a	nderero'a/reguero'a	ha'ehoro'a/hoguero'a	ñandejaro'a/jaguero'a	oreroro'a/roguero'a	peẽpero'a/peguero'a	ha'ekuérahoro'a/hoguero'a//horo'a/hoguero'ahikuái
	hortative	toro'a/taguero'ache	terero'a/tereguero'ande	toro'a/toguero'aha'e	tajaro'a/tajaguero'añande	tororo'a/toroguero'aore	tapero'a/tapeguero'apeẽ	toro'a/toguero'aha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	hero'a/heguero'a	-	-	-	pero'a/peguero'a	-
subsumptive¹
	indicative	chehaporo'a/hamba'e'a	ndereporo'a/remba'e'a	ha'ehoporo'a/homba'e'a	ñandejaporo'a/ñamba'e'a	oreroporo'a/romba'e'a	peẽpeporo'a/pemba'e'a	ha'ekuérahoporo'a/homba'e'a//hoporo'a/homba'e'ahikuái
	hortative	taporo'a/tamba'e'ache	tereporo'a/teremba'e'ande	toporo'a/tomba'e'aha'e	tajaporo'a/tañamba'e'añande	toroporo'a/toromba'e'aore	tapeporo'a/tapemba'e'apeẽ	toporo'a/tomba'e'aha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	heporo'a/hemba'e'a	-	-	-	peporo'a/pemba'e'a	-
		¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

References

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Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de;Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “'a”, inÑe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas,→ISBN,page11, column 1