amaa

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmaʔa/ [ʔɐˈma.ʔa]
  • Rhymes: -aʔa
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧a

Interjection

amaa (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜠ)

  1. be respected as a father!

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa àmmā, from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā). Compare Yoruba àmọ́.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mã́ã̀/

Conjunction

àmáà

  1. but
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