អា

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អា
ʼā
WT romanisation ʼaa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaː/

Particle

អា • (ʼaa)

  1. derogatory or colloquial particle.
Usage notes

Particle used before nouns and noun phrases giving them a derogatory or very familiar meaning.

អាអត់ពូជ   ʼaa ʼɑt puuc   son of a bitch!

It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys.

អាវ៉ា   ʼaa vaa   term of address for boys

It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed. When preceding adjectives or demonstratives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.

អានេះ, អានោះ   ʼaa nih , · ʼaa nuh   this one, that one

Verb

អា • (ʼaa) (abstract noun ការអា)

  1. Alternative form of អារ (ʼaa)​: to ​saw

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Preposition

អា • (ā́)

  1. Alternative form of (ā, as far as)
    • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:
      វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
      ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
      តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
      យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
      * Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.
      vimardayanti ye bhūmi
      dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
      te sarvvanarake yāntu
      yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥
      May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.
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