ā

Symbol

 * 1)  transliterates Indic  (or equivalent).
 * 1)  transliterates Indic  (or equivalent).

Preposition

 * 1) when, at the same time as
 * 2) until, to
 * 3) as far as

Conjunction

 * 1) and
 * 2) so
 * 3)  and then
 * 4)  but

Noun

 * 1) jaw, cheekbone
 * 2) a surgical instrument made of smooth bone traditionally used to perform procedures including lancing and abortion

Verb

 * 1)  to talk a lot, chatter, jabber, blabber
 * 2)  to be talkative, noisy

Derived terms

 * hōʻā

Noun

 * 1) a mold used in souring foods such as poi

Letter

 * 1) A letter of the Jersey Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Letter




Usage notes
Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ā/ā, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple A/a in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

Etymology 1
Likely cognate with 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
Likely cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to  something, such as  or other
 * 2) to  or  something to move

Etymology 3
Alternative form of.

Verb

 * 1)  Used to express the future tense
 * Lòtī tā̰á̰ m-ā m-āw
 * Tomorrow, I will leave

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from. Cognate with Indonesian empat.

Pronoun

 * 1)  what

Etymology
Letter with macron ◌̄ to signify presence of both pitches.

Symbol

 * 1)  Phonetic transcription of sound [] when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes
Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

Etymology
From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).