'a

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English

Pronoun

'a

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of a (he, she, they)

Verb

'a

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of a (have, had)

Particle

'a

  1. Alternative form of a (to)
    • 1955, Russell Ames, “The Open Road, the Chain Gang, and the Jail”, in The Story of American Folk Song (The Listener’s Music Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, published 1960, →OCLC, page 248:
      Say, these stripes, stripes sure don’t worry me. But these chains, chains goin’ ’a kill me dead.
    • 2009, Jennifer Worth, “The Captain’s Daughter”, in Farewell to the East End, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 237:
      Well, this one’s ’ere all right. Captain’s wife or somefink, the mate says. Least, that’s what I think he’s tryin’ ’a say, because he can’t speak no English.
    • 2014, R[oger] N. Morris, chapter 11, in The Dark Palace (A Silas Quinn Mystery; 3), Sutton, Surrey: Crème de la Crime, →ISBN, Part 1 (Love), page 50:
      So while we’re all distracted tryin’ ’a fix it all – that’s when they strike.

French

Article

’a f sg

  1. (Quebec, informal) Contraction of la.

Guaraní

Pronunciation

Noun

'a

  1. fall
  2. fruit
  3. egg

Verb

'a (intransitive, irregular)

  1. to fall
  2. to be born
  3. to fructify
  4. to like someone

Conjugation

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singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive
1st person
exclusive
2nd person 3rd person
active
indicative che ha'a nde re'a ha'e ho'a ñande ja'a ore ro'a peẽ pe'a ha'ekuéra ho'a/ho'a hikuái
hortative ta'a che tere'a nde to'a ha'e taja'a ñande taro'a ore tape'a peẽ to'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - he'a - - - pe'a -
passive
indicative che aje'a nde reje'a ha'e oje'a ñande jaje'a ore roje'a peẽ peje'a ha'ekuéra oje'a/oje'a hikuái
hortative taje'a che tereje'a nde toje'a ha'e tajaje'a ñande taroje'a ore tapeje'a peẽ toje'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eje'a - - - peje'a -
reciprocal
indicative - - - ñande jajo'a ore rojo'a peẽ pejo'a ha'ekuéra hojo'a/hojo'a hikuái
hortative - - - tajajo'a ñande tarojo'a ore tapejo'a peẽ tojo'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - - - - - pejo'a -
coactive
indicative che hambo'a nde rembo'a ha'e hombo'a ñande ñambo'a ore rombo'a peẽ pembo'a ha'ekuéra hombo'a/hombo'a hikuái
hortative tambo'a che terembo'a nde tombo'a ha'e tañambo'a ñande tarombo'a ore tapembo'a peẽ tombo'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - hembo'a - - - pembo'a -
objective
indicative che haro'a/haguero'a nde rero'a/reguero'a ha'e horo'a/hoguero'a ñande jaro'a/jaguero'a ore roro'a/roguero'a peẽ pero'a/peguero'a ha'ekuéra horo'a/hoguero'a//horo'a/hoguero'a hikuái
hortative taro'a/taguero'a che terero'a/tereguero'a nde toro'a/toguero'a ha'e tajaro'a/tajaguero'a ñande taroro'a/taroguero'a ore tapero'a/tapeguero'a peẽ toro'a/toguero'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - hero'a/heguero'a - - - pero'a/peguero'a -
subsumptive¹
indicative che haporo'a/hamba'e'a nde reporo'a/remba'e'a ha'e hoporo'a/homba'e'a ñande japoro'a/ñamba'e'a ore roporo'a/romba'e'a peẽ peporo'a/pemba'e'a ha'ekuéra hoporo'a/homba'e'a//hoporo'a/homba'e'a hikuái
hortative taporo'a/tamba'e'a che tereporo'a/teremba'e'a nde toporo'a/tomba'e'a ha'e tajaporo'a/tañamba'e'a ñande taroporo'a/taromba'e'a ore tapeporo'a/tapemba'e'a peẽ toporo'a/tomba'e'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - heporo'a/hemba'e'a - - - peporo'a/pemba'e'a -
¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.
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Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology 1

Noun

'a

  1. fruit
Possessed forms
More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive
1st person
exclusive
2nd person 3rd person
xe'a nde'a hi'a nhande'a ore'a pende'a hi'a
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Etymology 2

Noun

'a

  1. hair
Possessed forms
More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive
1st person
exclusive
2nd person 3rd person
xe'a nde'a hi'a nhande'a ore'a pende'a hi'a
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Etymology 3

Verb

'a

  1. to fall, to tumble
  2. to get caught (e.g. in a trap)
  3. to lose (to fail to win)
Conjugation
More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive
1st person
exclusive
2nd person 3rd person
xee ha'a ndee ere'a ha'e ho'a nhande ja'a ore oro'a peẽ pe'a ha'e ho'a
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References

  • Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “'a”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 3

Neapolitan

Etymology 1

From Old Neapolitan la.

Article

'a f (definite)

  1. the

Pronoun

'a f

  1. her (accusative)
Coordinate terms
More information nominative, accusative ...
Neapolitan personal pronouns
nominativeaccusativedativereflexivepossessiveprepositional
singular first person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second
person
familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third
person
m ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
f éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second person vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third
person
m ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
f llòro 'e (le)
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Etymology 2

From Old Neapolitan da, from Latin de ab.

Alternative forms

Preposition

'a

  1. from
  2. by (indicating the actor in a passive voice)
  3. to (something that has to be done)

See also

Old Tupi

Tarantino

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