"အ-" meaning in Burmese

See အ- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ʔə/ Forms: a.- [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{inh|my|sit-pro|*ʔa(ŋ/k)-|t=noun prefix}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa(ŋ/k)- (“noun prefix”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|阿|familiarity prefix}} 阿 (OC *qaːl, “familiarity prefix”) Head templates: {{head|my|prefix}} အ- • (a.-)
  1. used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or from other nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-အ--my-prefix-aHKD4MN2 Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 40 43 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 36 6 39
  2. used with a reduplicated noun to mean ‘various, diverse’ Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-အ--my-prefix-V-VosqVo Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 40 43 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 36 6 39
  3. sometimes used as meaningless prefix to disambiguate in sentences Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-အ--my-prefix-qkeCUveD Categories (other): Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 40 43 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /ʔə/ Forms: a.- [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Pali a- (“not”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|my|pi|a-|t=not}} Borrowed from Pali a- (“not”) Head templates: {{head|my|prefix}} အ- • (a.-)
  1. particle prefixed to words derived from Pali and Sanskrit to denote negation Tags: morpheme Synonyms: (ma.) Derived forms: အကာလ (a.kala.), အကုသိုလ် (a.ku.suil), အမင်္ဂလာ (a.mangga.la)
    Sense id: en-အ--my-prefix-6RrsGo6R Categories (other): Burmese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Burmese entries with incorrect language header: 12 27 4 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 36 6 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 29 3 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*ʔa(ŋ/k)-",
        "t": "noun prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa(ŋ/k)- (“noun prefix”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "阿",
        "2": "familiarity prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "阿 (OC *qaːl, “familiarity prefix”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a.-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "အ- • (a.-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 43 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 36 6 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "work (thing to do)",
          "roman": "a.lup",
          "text": "အလုပ်",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a dance (thing that one dances)",
          "roman": "a.ka.",
          "text": "အက",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or from other nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en-အ--my-prefix-aHKD4MN2",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 43 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 36 6 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "various countries",
          "roman": "a.pranyprany",
          "text": "အပြည်ပြည်",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "various states",
          "roman": "a.nuingnuingngam",
          "text": "အနိုင်နိုင်ငံ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with a reduplicated noun to mean ‘various, diverse’"
      ],
      "id": "en-အ--my-prefix-V-VosqVo",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 43 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "အထည် ― a.htany ― cloth, fabric (ထည် already means \"cloth\")",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "အမြီး ― a.mri: ― tail (မြီး already means \"tail\")",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sometimes used as meaningless prefix to disambiguate in sentences"
      ],
      "id": "en-အ--my-prefix-qkeCUveD",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "အ-"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "pi",
        "3": "a-",
        "t": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Pali a- (“not”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Pali a- (“not”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a.-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "အ- • (a.-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 27 4 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 36 6 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 29 3 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "a.kala.",
          "word": "အကာလ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "a.ku.suil",
          "word": "အကုသိုလ်"
        },
        {
          "roman": "a.mangga.la",
          "word": "အမင်္ဂလာ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle prefixed to words derived from Pali and Sanskrit to denote negation"
      ],
      "id": "en-အ--my-prefix-6RrsGo6R",
      "links": [
        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "ma.",
          "word": "မ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "အ-"
}
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    "Burmese lemmas",
    "Burmese prefixes",
    "Burmese terms borrowed from Pali",
    "Burmese terms derived from Pali",
    "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*ʔa(ŋ/k)-",
        "t": "noun prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa(ŋ/k)- (“noun prefix”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "阿",
        "2": "familiarity prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "阿 (OC *qaːl, “familiarity prefix”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a.-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "အ- • (a.-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Burmese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "work (thing to do)",
          "roman": "a.lup",
          "text": "အလုပ်",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a dance (thing that one dances)",
          "roman": "a.ka.",
          "text": "အက",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or from other nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Burmese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "various countries",
          "roman": "a.pranyprany",
          "text": "အပြည်ပြည်",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "various states",
          "roman": "a.nuingnuingngam",
          "text": "အနိုင်နိုင်ငံ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with a reduplicated noun to mean ‘various, diverse’"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Burmese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "အထည် ― a.htany ― cloth, fabric (ထည် already means \"cloth\")",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "အမြီး ― a.mri: ― tail (မြီး already means \"tail\")",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sometimes used as meaningless prefix to disambiguate in sentences"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "အ-"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Burmese lemmas",
    "Burmese prefixes",
    "Burmese terms borrowed from Pali",
    "Burmese terms derived from Pali",
    "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "a.kala.",
      "word": "အကာလ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.ku.suil",
      "word": "အကုသိုလ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.mangga.la",
      "word": "အမင်္ဂလာ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "pi",
        "3": "a-",
        "t": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Pali a- (“not”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Pali a- (“not”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a.-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "အ- • (a.-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "particle prefixed to words derived from Pali and Sanskrit to denote negation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ma.",
      "word": "မ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "အ-"
}

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