aa-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German ane-. Cognate with German an-.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ɒː/

Prefix

aa-

1. Forms (mostly) verbs, originally with the sense of ‘on’.

   ‎aa- + ‎binde (“to tie up”) → ‎aabinde (“to tie to (something)”)

   ‎aa- + ‎stoo (“to stand”) → ‎aastoo (“to queue up”)

Derived terms

Alemannic German terms prefixed with aa-

aabüüte

aachoo

aagaa

aaluege

aamälde

aapasse

aaträffe

aatue

aatäigge

aaööde

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aith-.

Prefix

aa-

1. re-, second
2. ex-, retired

Derived terms

Manx terms prefixed with aa-

aa-aase

aavaair

aavioee

aachlasht

aachum

aachionnee

aa-oe

aahilley

aasmooinaght

Ndonga

Alternative forms

• aay-

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bà- (“Class 2 noun prefix”).

Prefix

aa-

1. Class 2 noun prefix.

References

• T.E.Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Vocabulary‎, ELOC Printing Press, page c

Onondaga

Prefix

aa-

1. optative prefix

References

• Hanni Woodbury (2018), A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 95