See あー on Wiktionary
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{
"text": "アミリカ (Amirika) + あー (-ā) → アミリカー (Amirikā, “American”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to indicate the provenance of a person."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) Used to indicate the provenance of a person."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "たるー (Tarū, masculine given name) + あー (-ā) → たらー (Tarā)"
},
{
"text": "ちるー (Chirū, feminine given name) + あー (-ā) → ちらー (Chirā)"
},
{
"text": "うしー (Ushī, feminine given name) + あー (-ā) → うさー (Usā)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to indicate the name of hyakushō (Ryukyuan commoner) from a warabi-naa (Okinawan traditional given name) of samuree (Ryukyuan aristocracy)."
],
"links": [
[
"warabi-naa",
"warabi-naa#English"
],
[
"samuree",
"samuree#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "あふぃる (afiru, “domestic duck”) + あー (ā) → あふぃらー (afirā)"
},
{
"text": "あたびち (atabichi, “frog”) + あー (ā) → あたびちゃー (atabichā)"
},
{
"text": "がらし (garashi, “crow”) + あー (ā) → がらさー (garasā)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A suffix attached to words for animals. Sometimes, the original, non-suffixed form is not used."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "あー"
}
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"あー"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "あー",
"trace": ""
}
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