"-ā" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Hawaiian]

IPA: /ˈaː/
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa. Compare the second element of Tongan kaihaʻa. Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*-haʻa}} Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa, {{cog|to|kaihaʻa}} Tongan kaihaʻa Head templates: {{head|haw|suffix}} -ā
  1. pejorative suffix Tags: morpheme Synonyms (after o, u): -wā
    Sense id: en--ā-haw-suffix-udHBDVME Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Suffix [Proto-Dravidian]

Head templates: {{head|dra-pro|clitic}} *-ā
  1. interrogative clitic Tags: clitic, interrogative, reconstruction

Suffix [Proto-Italic]

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ (according to Fellner and Grestenberger, in a non-femininizing individualizing function). Etymology templates: {{der|itc-pro|ine-pro|*-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Head templates: {{head|itc-pro|suffix|g=m}} *-ā m Inflection templates: {{itc-decl-noun-a|-}}, {{itc-decl-noun-table|abl_pl=*-ais|abl_sg=*-ād|acc_pl=*-ans|acc_sg=*-am|dat_pl=*-ais|dat_sg=*-āi|gen_pl=*-āzom|gen_sg=*-ās|loc_pl=*-ais|loc_sg=*-āi|nom_pl=*-ās|nom_sg=*-ā|type=ā-stem|voc_pl=*-ās|voc_sg=*-a}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], [nominative, singular], -ās [nominative, plural], -a [singular, vocative], -ās [plural, vocative], -am [accusative, singular], -ans [accusative, plural], -ās [genitive, singular], -āzom [genitive, plural], -āi [dative, singular], -ais [dative, plural], -ād [ablative, singular], -ais [ablative, plural], -āi [locative, singular], -ais [locative, plural]
  1. Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases. Tags: masculine, morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ā-itc-pro-suffix-Lje6SXMA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "-ஆ"
          },
          "expansion": "Tamil: -ஆ (-ā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tamil: -ஆ (-ā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "-ആ"
          },
          "expansion": "Malayalam: -ആ (-ā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Malayalam: -ആ (-ā)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "dra-pro",
        "2": "clitic"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Dravidian",
  "lang_code": "dra-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/-ā",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Dravidian clitics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Dravidian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative clitic"
      ],
      "id": "en--ā-dra-pro-suffix-GyTn7XJ9",
      "tags": [
        "clitic",
        "interrogative",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ā"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*-haʻa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "kaihaʻa"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan kaihaʻa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "suffix"
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      "expansion": "-ā",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "ʻai + -ā → ʻaiā"
        }
      ],
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        "pejorative suffix"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "pejorative",
          "pejorative#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "sense": "after o, u",
          "word": "-wā"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ā"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "-a",
            "id": "agent noun",
            "pos": "agent noun suffix"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: -a (agent noun suffix)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: -a (agent noun suffix)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scx",
            "2": "-α",
            "qq": "in <i class=\"Grek mention\" lang=\"scx\">εποπασκα</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicel: -α (in εποπασκα)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicel: -α (in εποπασκα)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-eh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ (according to Fellner and Grestenberger, in a non-femininizing individualizing function).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itc-decl-noun-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-am",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āzom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ād",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ā m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "name": "itc-decl-noun-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "abl_pl": "*-ais",
        "abl_sg": "*-ād",
        "acc_pl": "*-ans",
        "acc_sg": "*-am",
        "dat_pl": "*-ais",
        "dat_sg": "*-āi",
        "gen_pl": "*-āzom",
        "gen_sg": "*-ās",
        "loc_pl": "*-ais",
        "loc_sg": "*-āi",
        "nom_pl": "*-ās",
        "nom_sg": "*-ā",
        "type": "ā-stem",
        "voc_pl": "*-ās",
        "voc_sg": "*-a"
      },
      "name": "itc-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Italic",
  "lang_code": "itc-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ā",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases."
      ],
      "id": "en--ā-itc-pro-suffix-Lje6SXMA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ā"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*-haʻa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "kaihaʻa"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan kaihaʻa",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa. Compare the second element of Tongan kaihaʻa.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hawaiian lemmas",
        "Hawaiian suffixes",
        "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ʻai + -ā → ʻaiā"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pejorative suffix"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pejorative",
          "pejorative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "after o, u",
      "word": "-wā"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ā"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "-ஆ"
          },
          "expansion": "Tamil: -ஆ (-ā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tamil: -ஆ (-ā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "-ആ"
          },
          "expansion": "Malayalam: -ആ (-ā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Malayalam: -ആ (-ā)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dra-pro",
        "2": "clitic"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Dravidian",
  "lang_code": "dra-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/-ā",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Dravidian clitics",
        "Proto-Dravidian entries with incorrect language header"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative clitic"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "clitic",
        "interrogative",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ā"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "-a",
            "id": "agent noun",
            "pos": "agent noun suffix"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: -a (agent noun suffix)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: -a (agent noun suffix)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scx",
            "2": "-α",
            "qq": "in <i class=\"Grek mention\" lang=\"scx\">εποπασκα</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicel: -α (in εποπασκα)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicel: -α (in εποπασκα)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-eh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ (according to Fellner and Grestenberger, in a non-femininizing individualizing function).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itc-decl-noun-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-am",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āzom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ād",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ā m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "name": "itc-decl-noun-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "abl_pl": "*-ais",
        "abl_sg": "*-ād",
        "acc_pl": "*-ans",
        "acc_sg": "*-am",
        "dat_pl": "*-ais",
        "dat_sg": "*-āi",
        "gen_pl": "*-āzom",
        "gen_sg": "*-ās",
        "loc_pl": "*-ais",
        "loc_sg": "*-āi",
        "nom_pl": "*-ās",
        "nom_sg": "*-ā",
        "type": "ā-stem",
        "voc_pl": "*-ās",
        "voc_sg": "*-a"
      },
      "name": "itc-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Italic",
  "lang_code": "itc-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ā",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Italic lemmas",
        "Proto-Italic masculine suffixes",
        "Proto-Italic suffixes",
        "Proto-Italic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Italic ā-stem nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ā"
}

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