အ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔa; cognate with Jingpho ma-a (“mute”) and Chinese 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a. • ALA-LC: ʼa • BGN/PCGN: a. • Okell: á

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အ • (a.)

1. A, the 33th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

အ • (a.)

1. be mute, dumb (unable to speak)

→ Mon: အ

• “အ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Borrowed from Burmese အ (a.).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʔ/

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အ (ʼa)

1. ʼA, the thirty-fourth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

အ (ʼa)

1. ʼA, the first of twelve vowels the Mon language.

အ (ʼa)

1. Unable to speak, mute, dumb, dud.

အ (ʼa)

1. to private affix.

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

အ • (ʼa)

1. Verb prefix indicating the third person: he, she, it, they
2. Noun prefix indicating the third person possessive: his, her, its, their