ǎ

See also: Ǎ, -ǎ, -ǎ-, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ǎ U+01CE, ǎ LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CARON Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← Ǎ [U+01CD] Latin Extended-B Ǐ → [U+01CF]

Ghomala'

Pronoun

ǎ

1. it, this

   Té bàp, ǎ tsə́ te'. ― Pull out the meat, it's overcooked.

   Ǎ pô' ― It is (so).

Usage notes

• A rising tone on subject pronouns indicates a perfective aspect, while a descending tone is used for imperfective and iterative actions.

Related terms

• yá

Subject pronouns

• gaə̌
• ǒ
• ě
• ǎ
• pyə̌
• pə̌
• pǒ
• wáp

Direct object pronouns

• á
• ó
• é
• wɔ́k
• wɔ́
• wáp

References

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
• Mkounga Tala Teku Blaise (2015), The Structure of the left periphery in Ghɔmáláʼ

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• a — nonstandard

Romanization

ǎ (a³, Zhuyin ㄚˇ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啊
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫮄
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𮥀

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʲa/

Letter

ǎ (lower case, upper case Ǎ)

1. (International Standard) The letter with a with the háček.

Usage notes

• Only used in the middle or end of words.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ǎ”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16