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a 阿 (R. id.) a prefix in some nouns and in names of Cantonese.
a-pan 阿班, a sailor who climbs masts; obstinate (v. pan).
a-gui 阿魏, asafœtida.
a-ko 阿哥, son of a first-class mandarin.
a-hoat 阿發, name of a Cantonese, = A. hoat--á


a 阿 — a-ka 阿膠, medicine made from turtle-bones.

a 鴉 (R. id.)  a-phièn 鴉片, opium (v. phièn).

a 壓 — a-put-tó 壓不倒, = a̍h-put-tó, a sort of doll.

a 呀 (R. id.) i-i a-a 咿咿呀呀, sound of a flute.
a-a-kiò 呀呀叫, sound of a child just beginning to make the sound of "a-a."

a — a-tsa, = am-tsam, dirty, unclean (lit. or fig.)

a 丫 — a-thâu 丫頭 (imit. of mand.), a female slave.

a — jiáu-a , a large sort of gong.

a 鴉 [R. a crow].
o·-a 烏鴉, a crow.
o·-a-lêng 烏鴉翎, an artificial feather, worn by some officers (v. lêng).
o·-a kiò pái-sūi (the crow has called the lame man Sūi), said of a man who formerly had a good character, being suddenly led away into vice and ruin.

â, exclamation of surprise.

â (C.) = A. lâ, —. â-sâm, = A. lâ-sâm, dirty

á [R. tsú, a son], (Cn. ngá, ngiá káⁿ), (T. sometimes á or ah enclitic), suffix of nouns, often diminutive.
kù-á, a saw.
kū-a, wife's younger brother.
î-a, wife's younger brother.
káu-á, a dog; a little dog.
kha-á, inferior assistants.

á (R. tsú ?), enclitic suffix in name of common people, acquaintances, or persons about same rank (Cn. only said of young boys, while it is a prefix for adults)—.
hoat--á, the man named "hoat," more politely called "hoat-ló."

á (T.)  á-ì, = A. am-pô·-chê, the cicada.

á (Cn.), prefix to names of persons.
á-sóng=A. "sóng--á" or "sóng-ló."

á = án, prefix to titles of relations superior to us.
á-tia, papa.
á-peh, uncle! sometimes papa!

á [R. pek, a hundred, = col. pah].
poeh-á-chîⁿ. eight hundred cash.
káu-á-la̍k, nine hundred and six.

á (sometimes ná), syllable used in forming some phrases: e.g. bîn-á-tsài, to-morrow; m̅-á, but indeed (v. m̅).

á = ka.   phah-á-chhiùⁿ, to sneeze.

á 亦 (R. ek = col. iá), or.
á-bô 亦無, or not.
á-sī 亦是, or it is; or.

á 也 = iáu.
á-bē 也未, not yet.

à 抑 = iàh (R. e̍k). à-náⁿ-beh, à-náⁿ-m̅, having half a mind to it.

à 亞 [R. secondary].
à-sèng 亞聖, a sage of secondary rank, as Mencius or as Yen-hwuy (Gân-hôe).
à-goân 亞元, a Keujin near the head of the list for the year.

à (R. àu). à-pà, very cross and bad-tempered, as a child.

ā = ia̍h (e̍k), also.