"-ā" meaning in Hawaiian

{
  "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",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa. Compare the second element of Tongan kaihaʻa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ʻai + -ā → ʻaiā"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pejorative suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en--ā-haw-suffix-udHBDVME",
      "links": [
        [
          "pejorative",
          "pejorative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "after o, u",
          "word": "-wā"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaː/"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *-haʻa. Compare the second element of Tongan kaihaʻa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent 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 using catfix",
        "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"
}