"-a" meaning in Esperanto

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-a/
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From feminine singular adjectives (and nouns) of the Romance languages, such as French ma, Italian mia, Spanish mía, fría. Etymology templates: {{der|eo|fr|ma}} French ma, {{der|eo|it|mia}} Italian mia, {{der|eo|es|mía}} Spanish mía Head templates: {{head|eo|suffix}} -a
  1. Related to, in the manner of, of. Ending for all adjectives in Esperanto. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-eo-suffix-RE0sr8np Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 32 34 0 34 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 31 21
  2. Belonging to, of. Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto. Tags: morpheme Derived forms (Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.): ĝia, ilia, lia, mia, nia, onia, sia, ŝia, via (english: archaic form: cia)
    Sense id: en--a-eo-suffix-sB2L8m-k Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 32 34 0 34 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 31 21 Disambiguation of 'Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.': 27 48 8 16
  3. Used to form the ordinal numeral. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-eo-suffix-eo:ordinal Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 31 21
  4. -kind of. Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-eo-suffix-l4Lrw~C7 Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 32 34 0 34 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 31 21 Derived forms (Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.): ĉia, ia, kia, nenia, tia Derived forms (Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.): centa, deka, dua, kvara, kvina, mila, miliona, naŭa, oka, sepa, sesa, tria, unua Disambiguation of 'Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.': 20 23 6 51 Disambiguation of 'Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.': 18 23 26 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Ending for all adjectives.): bela, dekstra, vera
Disambiguation of 'Ending for all adjectives.': 41 42 8 10
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "41 42 8 10",
      "sense": "Ending for all adjectives.",
      "word": "bela"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 42 8 10",
      "sense": "Ending for all adjectives.",
      "word": "dekstra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 42 8 10",
      "sense": "Ending for all adjectives.",
      "word": "vera"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "French ma",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "mia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian mia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "mía"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mía",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From feminine singular adjectives (and nouns) of the Romance languages, such as French ma, Italian mia, Spanish mía, fría.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-a"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "a"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 34 0 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 31 31 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "belo (“beauty”) + -a → bela (“beautiful”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dekstro (“the right direction”) (as opposed to left) + -a → dekstra (“to the right”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vero (“truth”) + -a → vera (“true”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Related to, in the manner of, of. Ending for all adjectives in Esperanto."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-eo-suffix-RE0sr8np",
      "links": [
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 34 0 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 31 31 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "ĝia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "ilia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "lia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "mia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "nia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "onia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "sia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "word": "ŝia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 48 8 16",
          "english": "archaic form: cia",
          "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
          "translation": "archaic form: cia",
          "word": "via"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mi (“I; me”) + -a → mia (“of me, my”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vi (“you”) + -a → via (“of you, your”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ili (“they; them”) + -a → ilia (“of them, their”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Belonging to, of. Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-eo-suffix-sB2L8m-k",
      "links": [
        [
          "possessive",
          "possessive#English"
        ],
        [
          "pronoun",
          "pronoun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 31 31 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "unu (“one”) + -a → unua (“first”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "du (“two”) + -a → dua (“second”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dek tri (“thirteen”) + -a → dek-tria (“thirteenth”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cent (“hundred”) + -a → centa (“hundredth”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the ordinal numeral."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-eo-suffix-eo:ordinal",
      "links": [
        [
          "ordinal",
          "ordinal#English"
        ],
        [
          "numeral",
          "numeral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "eo:ordinal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 34 0 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 31 31 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "centa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "deka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "dua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "kvara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "kvina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "mila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "miliona"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "naŭa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "oka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "sepa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "sesa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "tria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 23 26 33",
          "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
          "word": "unua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 23 6 51",
          "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
          "word": "ĉia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 23 6 51",
          "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
          "word": "ia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 23 6 51",
          "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
          "word": "kia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 23 6 51",
          "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
          "word": "nenia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 23 6 51",
          "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
          "word": "tia"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ki- + -a → kia (“what kind of”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ti- + -a → tia (“that kind of”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "neni- + -a → nenia (“no kind of”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-kind of. Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-eo-suffix-l4Lrw~C7",
      "links": [
        [
          "correlatives",
          "Category:Esperanto correlatives"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Esperanto BRO1",
    "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto suffixes",
    "Esperanto terms derived from French",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Italian",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Spanish",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages with 66 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/a",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/a/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all adjectives.",
      "word": "bela"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all adjectives.",
      "word": "dekstra"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all adjectives.",
      "word": "vera"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "ĝia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "ilia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "lia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "mia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "nia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "onia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "sia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "word": "ŝia"
    },
    {
      "english": "archaic form: cia",
      "sense": "Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.",
      "translation": "archaic form: cia",
      "word": "via"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "centa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "deka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "dua"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "kvara"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "kvina"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "mila"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "miliona"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "naŭa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "oka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "sepa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "sesa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "tria"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all ordinal numerals in Esperanto.",
      "word": "unua"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
      "word": "ĉia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
      "word": "ia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
      "word": "kia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
      "word": "nenia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.",
      "word": "tia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "French ma",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "mia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian mia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "mía"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mía",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From feminine singular adjectives (and nouns) of the Romance languages, such as French ma, Italian mia, Spanish mía, fría.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-a"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "a"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "belo (“beauty”) + -a → bela (“beautiful”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dekstro (“the right direction”) (as opposed to left) + -a → dekstra (“to the right”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vero (“truth”) + -a → vera (“true”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Related to, in the manner of, of. Ending for all adjectives in Esperanto."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mi (“I; me”) + -a → mia (“of me, my”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vi (“you”) + -a → via (“of you, your”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ili (“they; them”) + -a → ilia (“of them, their”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Belonging to, of. Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possessive",
          "possessive#English"
        ],
        [
          "pronoun",
          "pronoun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "unu (“one”) + -a → unua (“first”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "du (“two”) + -a → dua (“second”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dek tri (“thirteen”) + -a → dek-tria (“thirteenth”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cent (“hundred”) + -a → centa (“hundredth”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the ordinal numeral."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ordinal",
          "ordinal#English"
        ],
        [
          "numeral",
          "numeral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "eo:ordinal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ki- + -a → kia (“what kind of”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ti- + -a → tia (“that kind of”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "neni- + -a → nenia (“no kind of”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-kind of. Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "correlatives",
          "Category:Esperanto correlatives"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}

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