Translingual

Letter

အ

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

Burmese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa̰/

Verb

အ • ‎(a.) (Romanization: MLCTS: a. • ALA-LC: ’a • BGN/PCGN: a. • Okell: á)

1. be mute, dumb (unable to speak)

References

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