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ā U+0101, ā LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̄ [U+0304] ← Ā [U+0100] Latin Extended-A Ă → [U+0102]

Translingual

===Letter

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ā (upper case Ā)

1. The letter a with a macron.

====See also

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• (Latinski tekst):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• (Letters using macron sign or underline sign):  Āā  Ǟǟ  Ḇḇ  C̄c̄  Ḏḏ  Ēē  Ḕḕ  Ḗḗ  Ḡḡ  ẖ  Īī  Ḹḹ  Ḻḻ  Ṉṉ  Ōō  Ȫȫ  Ṑṑ  Ṓṓ  Ṝṝ  Ṟṟ  Ṯṯ  Ūū  Ǘǘ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ȳȳ  Ẕẕ  Ǣǣ
• āā

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Hawaiian

===Etymology

1===

Preposition

ā

1. when, at the same time as
2. until, to
3. as far as

Conjunction

ā

1. and
2. so
3. (rare) and then
4. (rare) but

====See also

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• paha as a conjunction

===Etymology

2===

===Noun

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ā

1. jaw, cheekbone
2. a surgical instrument made of smooth bone traditionally used to perform procedures including lancing and abortion

===Verb

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ā

1. to talk a lot, chatter, jabber, blabber
2. to be talkative, noisy

====Derived terms

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• [[hōʻā#Etymology

3|hōʻā]]

• āʻōʻō

===Etymology

3===

===Noun

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ā

1. a mold used in souring foods such as poi

===References

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• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957), “ā”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎^[1], 2003.

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Japanese

Romanization

ā

1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

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Latvian

===Etymology

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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

===Pronunciation

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• Šablon:lv-IPA

===Letter

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Ā

====Usage notes

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Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ā/ā, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple A/a in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

====See also

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• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) Šablon:liv-IPA

Letter

ā (upper case Ā)

1. The letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.

See also

• (Latin-tekst slova) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, 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

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Malay

Letter

ā

1. The second letter of pre-1927 Malay alphabet, written in Latin script.

See also

• Šablon:list:Latin script letters/ms

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Romanizacija

ā (a¹, Zhuyin ㄚ)

1. Pinyin prevod od 吖
2. Pinyin prevod od 腌
3. Pinyin prevod od 阿
4. Pinyin prevod od 啊
5. Pinyin prevod od 呵
6. Pinyin prevod od 錒／锕, 锕

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Maori

Letter

ā (upper case Ā)

1. The letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.

See also

• Šablon:list:Latin script letters/mi

Etymology 1

Likely cognate with Hawaiian ā (“jaw; cheekbone”).

Noun

ā

1. collarbone

Etymology 2

Likely cognate with Hawaiian ʻā (“to drive, to urge (such as cattle)”).

Verb

ā

1. to drive something, such as cattle or other livestock
2. to urge or compel something to move

Etymology 3

Alternative form of āe.

Interjection

ā

1. yeah, yes

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Ngam

Verb

ā

1. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

   Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-āw

   Tomorrow, I will leave

References

Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.

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Rarotongan

Rarotongan kardinal numbers

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Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. Cognate with Indonesian empat.

Numeral

ā

1. four

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Samoan

Pronoun

ā

1. (interrogative) what

   ʻO le ā le mea lea?

   What is this thing?