aa

(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.

Translations

a form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes

Afrikaans: aälawa
Danish: apalhraun n
Dutch: scherpe lava (nl) m or f
Estonian: aa-laava (et)
Faroese: bøklalava n
Finnish: aa-laava
German: Aa-Lava (de) f, Brockenlava f
Hawaiian: ʻaʻā
Icelandic: apalhraun (is) n
Irish: aa m
Italian: àa (it) f

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

aa

Initialism of acetic acid.
Initialism of acting age.
(medicine) Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
Initialism of aminoacetone.
Initialism of amino acid.
Initialism of approximate absolute.
Initialism of arachidonic acid.
Initialism of armature accelerator.
Initialism of ascending aorta.
Initialism of atomic absorption.
Initialism of author's alteration.
Initialism of average audience.

Adjective

aa (not comparable)

Initialism of arctic-alpine.
Initialism of always afloat.

Etymology 3

Compare pp.

Noun

aa pl (plural only)

Abbreviation of adjectives.
Abbreviation of arteries.

Etymology 4

Contraction.

Adjective

aa

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

Etymology 5

Pronoun

aa

(Northumbria, personal) I.

Acholi

Verb

aa

come

Bavarian

Alternative forms

ah (spelling variant)

Etymology

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognates include German auch, Dutch ook, Old Norse ok, also archaic English eke.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː/
Homophones: a, ah

Adverb

aa

also; too; as well; either; neither (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed)
I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “aa”: I too want icecream.

I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too.

Schåff ma des aa? ― Stress on “aa”: Can we do that too?
Used for emphasis.
1. To confirm a preceding statement: really, actually, indeed, in fact, exactly (always unstressed)
  A jeder håd se dåcht, dåss er ned kummt, und so woar's aa. ― Everybody thought that he wouldn't come, and that's exactly what happened.
  
  I håb ka Ångst, es gibt jå aa kan Grund. ― I'm not scared, there really is no reason to be.
2. To confirm a preceding statement by someone else: really, actually, indeed, in fact
  I wui aa a Eis. ― Stress on “wui”: I do indeed want icecream.
  
  Des is aa so. ― Stress on “is”: It really is like that.
3. Emphasis on a preceding conjunction (often with no) (always stressed)
  Des Essn håd eana ned gschmeckt und mia aa ned. ― They didn't like the food and neither did I.
  
  I håb heit vui z'tuan und zan Årzt muaß i aa. ― I'm very busy today and I also have to go to the doctor.
  
  Er håd ned nur s'Gödbeasl, sondern aa no de Augnglasln ausgstraat. ― He not only lost his wallet, but also his glasses.
4. Emphasis on a preceding negative statement: even (always stressed)
  Synonym: ned amoi
  
  Då håd kana wås måchn kenna, aa ka Årzt. ― Nobody could do anything, not even a doctor.
5. Implies doubt in a yes-no question really (always unstressed)
  Kånn i des aa glaubn? ― Can I really believe this?
  
  Håst da des aa guad iwalegt? ― Have you really thought this through?
  
  Schåff ma des aa? ― Can we really do that?
6. To imply that something is unreasonable; also used when expressing reproach, anger, astonishment, etc. (always unstressed)
  Wås miassn de aa ålle då durchfoahrn?! ― Why do they all have to pass through here?!
  
  Du muasst aa immer bei jedn Bledsinn mitmåchn. ― You always have to take part in any nonsense, don't you?
  
  Wäul's aa nia de Pappn hoidn kennts! ― That's because you never shut up!
(implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality): even (always stressed)
Synonym: sogår

Aa wånn's woahr is, is's no ka endguitiger Beweis. ― Even if this is true, it is no definite proof.

Mia is des aa scho amoi passiert. ― It even happened to me once.
as in whatever, whenever, however, etc. ever (always unstressed)
Wås'd aa tuast, ana is immer besser. ― Whatever you do, someone will always do it better.

Bughotu

Verb

aa

to open
to be open
to open mouth

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

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

(especially in names) Alternative spelling of a

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German ein.

Article

aa

(Erzgebirgisch) a, an

Estonian

Interjection

aa

An interjection expressing recognition -
Aa, see oled sina.
Oh, it's you.
An interjection expressing understanding -
Aa, saan aru.
Ah, I understand.

Noun

aa (genitive aa, partitive aad)

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Latin ā.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aa

^{The template Template:Latn-def does not use the parameter(s): t=[[a]]
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Usage notes

Speakers often use the corresponding forms of a-kirjain (“letter A, letter a”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.

Declension

Inflection of aa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		aa	aat
genitive		aan	aiden aitten
partitive		aata	aita
illative		aahan	aihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aa	aat
accusative	nom.	aa	aat
accusative	gen.	aan	aat
genitive		aan	aiden aitten
partitive		aata	aita
inessive		aassa	aissa
elative		aasta	aista
illative		aahan	aihin
adessive		aalla	ailla
ablative		aalta	ailta
allative		aalle	aille
essive		aana	aina
translative		aaksi	aiksi
abessive		aatta	aitta
instructive		—	ain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of aa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aani	aani
accusative	nom.	aani	aani
accusative	gen.	aani	aani
genitive		aani	aideni aitteni
partitive		aatani	aitani
inessive		aassani	aissani
elative		aastani	aistani
illative		aahani	aihini
adessive		aallani	aillani
ablative		aaltani	ailtani
allative		aalleni	ailleni
essive		aanani	ainani
translative		aakseni	aikseni
abessive		aattani	aittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aasi	aasi
accusative	nom.	aasi	aasi
accusative	gen.	aasi	aasi
genitive		aasi	aidesi aittesi
partitive		aatasi	aitasi
inessive		aassasi	aissasi
elative		aastasi	aistasi
illative		aahasi	aihisi
adessive		aallasi	aillasi
ablative		aaltasi	ailtasi
allative		aallesi	aillesi
essive		aanasi	ainasi
translative		aaksesi	aiksesi
abessive		aattasi	aittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ainesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aamme	aamme
accusative	nom.	aamme	aamme
accusative	gen.	aamme	aamme
genitive		aamme	aidemme aittemme
partitive		aatamme	aitamme
inessive		aassamme	aissamme
elative		aastamme	aistamme
illative		aahamme	aihimme
adessive		aallamme	aillamme
ablative		aaltamme	ailtamme
allative		aallemme	aillemme
essive		aanamme	ainamme
translative		aaksemme	aiksemme
abessive		aattamme	aittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ainemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aanne	aanne
accusative	nom.	aanne	aanne
accusative	gen.	aanne	aanne
genitive		aanne	aidenne aittenne
partitive		aatanne	aitanne
inessive		aassanne	aissanne
elative		aastanne	aistanne
illative		aahanne	aihinne
adessive		aallanne	aillanne
ablative		aaltanne	ailtanne
allative		aallenne	aillenne
essive		aananne	ainanne
translative		aaksenne	aiksenne
abessive		aattanne	aittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ainenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aansa	aansa
accusative	nom.	aansa	aansa
accusative	gen.	aansa	aansa
genitive		aansa	aidensa aittensa
partitive		aataan aatansa	aitaan aitansa
inessive		aassaan aassansa	aissaan aissansa
elative		aastaan aastansa	aistaan aistansa
illative		aahansa	aihinsa
adessive		aallaan aallansa	aillaan aillansa
ablative		aaltaan aaltansa	ailtaan ailtansa
allative		aalleen aallensa	ailleen aillensa
essive		aanaan aanansa	ainaan ainansa
translative		aakseen aaksensa	aikseen aiksensa
abessive		aattaan aattansa	aittaan aittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aineen ainensa

Synonyms

a-kirjain

Derived terms

aakkonen

compounds

aanelonen

Etymology 2

Either crosslinguistic or borrowed from any of the many European languages it appears in.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aa

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.a/
Audio: (file)

Noun

aa m (plural aas)

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

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آغْ (aġ), from Proto-Turkic *āg. Compare Turkish ağ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː/

Noun

aa (definite accusative [please provide], plural aalar)

seine, net
web

References

Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 8

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese aa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/, [ˈa.a]

Noun

aa

older brother

Synonyms

Synonyms: abang, akang, kakak

Inupiaq

Etymology 1

Interjection

aa

yes, I know
I agree: expresses listener's agreement with storyteller or speaker

Derived terms

aaqanuq

Etymology 2

Interjection

aa

expresses exasperation, criticism or dismay over what another person does or says, said in breathy voice
expression of surprise or awe

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/
Rhymes: -aa
Hyphenation: à‧a

Noun

aa f (invariable)

(volcanology) aa (type of lava flow)
Synonym: afrolite

Japanese

Romanization

aa

Rōmaji transcription of ああ

Javanese

Romanization

aa

Romanization of ꦲꦲ

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

(Standard Kankanaey)
- IPA^(key): (amazement) /ʔaˈa/ [ʔʌˈa]
  - Rhymes: -a
- IPA^(key): (go to the devil) /ˈʔaa/ [ˈʔaː.ʌ]
  - Rhymes: -aa
Syllabification: a‧a

Interjection

aá

ah! (denoting amazement)

Noun

áa

(derogatory) act of going to the devil

Derived terms

References

Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “aa”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 1

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.

Noun

aa f (plural [please provide])

Latvian

Interjection

aa

yeah, uh-huh (expression of agreement, understanding)
- Vai vēlies ēst? – Aa.
- Do you want to eat? - Yeah.

Lithuanian

Etymology

Compare Russian ага (aga), and English uh-huh.

Pronunciation

(aà) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɐ/
(aã) IPA^(key): /ɐ.aː/

Interjection

aà, aã

yeah, uh-huh (expression of agreement)
- Ar̃ nóri válgyti? – Aà.
- Do you want to eat? - Yeah.

Synonyms

taip

Lun Bawang

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔː/

Determiner

aa

no, not, without

Synonyms

na, naa

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛː/

Adjective

aa

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

Mbyá Guaraní

Adverb

aa

here

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”). Doublet of ee.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aː/

Noun

aa

(Late Middle English, hapax) river, stream (in place name)

References

“ā, n.²”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/, /aː/

Verb

aa

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

Murui Huitoto

Alternative forms

a (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaː]
Hyphenation: aa

Adverb

aa

up, above

Related terms

a-

References

Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3] (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.‎^[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 145

Northern Sami

aa

no

Norwegian

Letter

aa

Obsolete spelling of å.

Norwegian Bokmål

Letter

aa

Obsolete spelling of å.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Aa (letter and noun, upper case)

Conjunction

aa

obsolete typography of og

Interjection

aa

obsolete typography of å

Letter

aa

obsolete typography of å

Noun

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

obsolete typography of å

Particle

aa

obsolete typography of å

Preposition

aa

obsolete typography of å

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

à

Contraction

aa f

Contraction of a + a (“to/at the”).
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
  
  [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
  [H]ow a woman who was playing the dices 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.

Descendants

Galician: á
Portuguese: à

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ala (“wing”).

Noun

aa f (plural aas)

wing
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 142 (facsimile):
  
  ⁊ dun gran colbe aa lle bꝛitou
  And with a powerful blow, broke its wing

Descendants

Galician: á
Portuguese: á

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔː/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

auch (literary)

Adverb

aa

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

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

aa

on
to

Scots

Adjective

aa

Shetland form of a' (“all”)

References

“aa, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Stoney

Noun

aa

mould, mildew

Sundanese

Noun

aa

older brother

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

A relaxed pronunciation of ja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɑːa/

Adverb

aa (not comparable)

(colloquial) Expresses agreement or affirmation; yeah, yes
Antonym: nä

– Det är gott med pizza. – Aa, de äre.
– Pizza is good. – Yeah, it is.

– Såg du tricket han gjorde? – Aa, helt sjukt!
– Did you see the trick he did? – Yeah, crazy!

– Har du matat kaninerna? – Aa, det har jag.
– Have you fed the rabbits? – Yes, I have.

Usage notes

Often doubly emphasized – compare mhm.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From the reduplication of Hokkien 齷 / 龌 (ak, “dirty”), according to Manuel (1948). Compare Indonesian eek.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈʔaʔ/ [ʔɐˈʔaʔ], /ˈʔaʔaʔ/ [ˈʔaː.ʔɐʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ, -aʔaʔ
Syllabification: a‧a

Noun

aâ or aà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ) (childish)

dirty things; filth (especially feces)
Synonyms: dumi, ate, atse, tsetse, ipot, uo

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʔa/ [ˈʔaː.ʔɐ]
Rhymes: -aʔa
Syllabification: a‧a

Interjection

aa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ)

an exclamation expressing warning

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈʔaʔ/ [ʔɐˈʔaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: a‧a

Noun

aâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ) (obsolete)

name of the Baybayin letter ᜀ, corresponding to "a"

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aː/

Letter

aa (upper case Aa)

(US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Synonym: à

Võro

Noun

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

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aa

yep, yeah
aha, uh-huh

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /àá/

Contraction

àá

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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /áá/

Contraction

áá

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.

Zyphe

Noun

aa

chicken

References

Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎^[7]

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Adjective

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Adjective

Etymology 5

Pronoun

Acholi

Verb

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Bughotu

Verb

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

East Central German

Etymology

Article

Further reading

Estonian

Interjection

Noun

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Interjection

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Gagauz

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Inupiaq

Etymology 1

Interjection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

Javanese

Romanization