aa

English Online Dictionary. What means aa‎? What does aa mean?

Translingual

Symbol

aa

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Afar terms

English

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Alternative forms

• a'a, 'a'a, 'a'ā, a-a, a aa, a-aa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.]

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

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.

Adjective

aa (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

Compare pp.

Noun

aa pl (plural only)

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

Etymology 4

Contraction.

Adjective

aa

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

Etymology 5

Pronoun

aa

1. (Northumbria, personal) I.

Acholi

Verb

aa

1. 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

1. 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?

2. 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!

3. (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.

4. 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

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

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

1. (especially in names) Alternative spelling of a

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German ein.

Article

aa

1. (Erzgebirgisch) a, an

Further reading

Estonian

Interjection

aa

1. An interjection expressing recognition -

2. An interjection expressing understanding -

Noun

aa (genitive aa, partitive aad)

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

Further reading

• “aa”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Latin ā.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aa

1. 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

Synonyms

• a-kirjain

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aa

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaʻā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.a/

Noun

aa m (plural aas)

1. (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)

1. seine, net
2. 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 (plural aa-aa)

1. older brother

Synonyms

• (older brother): see Thesaurus:abang

Inupiaq

Etymology 1

Interjection

aa

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

aa

1. expresses exasperation, criticism or dismay over what another person does or says, said in breathy voice
2. 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)

1. (volcanology) aa (type of lava flow)

   Synonym: afrolite

Further reading

• aa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• aa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Japanese

Romanization

aa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ああ

Javanese

Romanization

aa

1. Romanization of ꦲꦲ

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aá

1. ah! (denoting amazement)

Noun

áa

1. (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])

1. farmyard
2. threshing floor

Latvian

Interjection

aa

1. yeah, uh-huh (expression of agreement, understanding)

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aà, aã

1. yeah, uh-huh (expression of agreement)

Synonyms

• taip

Further reading

• “aa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

Lun Bawang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː/

Determiner

aa

1. no, not, without

Synonyms

• na, naa

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *haːr

Noun

aa

1. chicken

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

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

Mbyá Guaraní

Adverb

aa

1. here

Middle English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Noun

aa

1. (Late Middle English, hapax legomenon) 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

1. 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

1. 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

Interjection

aa

1. no

Norwegian

Letter

aa

1. Obsolete spelling of å.

Norwegian Bokmål

Letter

aa

1. Obsolete spelling of å.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Aa (letter and noun, upper case)

Conjunction

aa

1. obsolete typography of og

Interjection

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

Letter

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

Noun

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

1. obsolete typography of å

Particle

aa

1. obsolete typography of å

Preposition

aa

1. 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

1. Contraction of a + a (“to/at the”).

   • [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)

1. wing

Descendants

• Galician: á
• Portuguese: á

Paraujano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː/
• Rhymes: -aː
• Syllabification: aa

Adverb

aa

1. there (far from the speaker)

References

• Álvarez, José, Bravo, María (2008) “aa”, in Diccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language]‎^[5], Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia, →ISBN, page 41.

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

1. also

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

1. on
2. to

Scots

Adjective

aa

1. 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

1. mould, mildew

Sundanese

Noun

aa

1. older brother

Swedish

Alternative forms

• a
• aaa
• aaaa

Etymology

A relaxed pronunciation of ja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːa/

Adverb

aa (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Expresses agreement or affirmation; yeah, yes

   Antonym: nä

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)

1. 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)

1. an exclamation expressing warning

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀ) (obsolete)

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

See also

Further reading

• “aa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 12
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ok [R. ak, dirty].”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 352; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 352
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[7], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 1:

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Letter

aa (upper case Aa)

1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: à

See also

• Canada:
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US:
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Võro

Noun

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

1. 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

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

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àá/

Contraction

àá

1. Contraction of àwa á (“We'll”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áá/

Contraction

áá

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

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Zyphe

Noun

aa

1. chicken

References

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎^[8]