aa

aa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Afar.

From Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

• a'a

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

aa (uncountable)

1. (volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [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, page 194:

     Both pahoehoe and aa lava flows are common on the upper slopes of Mauna Loa with a preponderance of aa flows found at the lower elevations.

Abbreviation.

aa

1. Initialism of acetic acid.
2. Initialism of acting age.
3. (medicine) Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
4. Initialism of aminoacetone.
5. Initialism of amino acid.
6. Initialism of approximate absolute.
7. Initialism of arachidonic acid.
8. Initialism of armature accelerator.
9. Initialism of ascending aorta.
10. Initialism of atomic absorption.
11. Initialism of author's alteration.
12. Initialism of average audience.

aa (not comparable)

1. Initialism of arctic-alpine.
2. Initialism of always afloat.

Compare pp.

aa pl (plural only)

1. Abbreviation of adjectives.
2. Abbreviation of arteries.

Contraction.

aa

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

aa

1. come

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch.

• IPA^(key): /aː/

aa

1. also, too, as well

aa

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

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

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aa f (plural aa's, diminutive aatje n)

1. (especially in names) Alternative spelling of a

Compare German ein.

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, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 13:

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 (genitive aa, partitive aad)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

• aa in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

From Latin ā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː/, [ˈɑː] (aa auto aamu ananas aa)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): aa

aa

1. a (The name of the Latin-script letter A.)

• Speakers often use the corresponding forms of a-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/, [ˈɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): aa

aa

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

From Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

• IPA^(key): /a.a/

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aa m (plural aas)

1. (geology, often attributive) the surface of an aa lava flow

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 from Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

• 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 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

aa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.

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.

Compare Russian ага (aga), and English uh-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”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː/

aa

1. no, not, without

• na, naa

From Old Irish oä, comparative form of oäc, from Proto-Celtic *yowankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

aa

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

aa

1. here

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/, /aː/

aa

1. Alternative form of a (third-person singular present indicative of mynet).

• a

• IPA^(key): [ˈaː]
• Hyphenation: aa

aa

1. up, above

• a-

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 19
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 145

aa

1. Obsolete spelling of å

aa

1. Obsolete spelling of å

• (letter and noun): Aa (upper case)

aa

1. obsolete typography of og

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

aa f (definite singular aai, indefinite plural aaer or aair, definite plural aaerne or aaine)

1. obsolete typography of å

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

• Ivar Aasen (1850), “aa”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

aa

1. Contraction of a a (“to/at the”).
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at 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

From Latin ala (“wing”).

aa f

1. wing
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 142 (facsimile):

     ⁊ dun gran colbe aa lle britou

     And with a powerful blow, broke its wing

• Galician: á
• Portuguese: á

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk; cognate with German auch, Dutch ook, Old English ēac.

• auch (literary)

aa

1. also
   • 1908, Astor C. Wuchter, “Die Mudderschprooch”, in Earl C. Haag, editor, A Pennsylvania German Anthology, page 56:

     […] Datt sin aa Mensche, graad wie do […]

     There are people there too, just like here

From Old High German ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up, on high”). Compare German an, Dutch aan, English on.

aa

1. on
2. to

aa

1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

• “aa, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

aa

1. older brother

From Chinese.

• Hyphenation: a‧a
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈʔaʔ/, [ʔɐˈʔaʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʔaʔ/, [ˈʔa.ʔɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -aʔa

aâ or aà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ)

1. (childish) dirty things; filth (especially feces)

   Synonyms: dumi, ate, atse, tsetse, ipot

• Hyphenation: a‧a
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaa/, [ˈʔa.ɐ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʔa/, [ˈʔa.ʔɐ]
• Rhymes: -a

aa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ)

1. an exclamation expressing warning

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

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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

aa

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

• IPA^(key): /àá/

àá

1. Contraction of àwa á (“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 of òun á (“He'll, she'll, it'll”).

   Áá rí wa l'ọ́jọ́ márùn-ún òní.

   She'll be seeing us four days from now.