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# to, at | # to, at | ||
# to, for (indicating purpose) | # to, for (indicating purpose) | ||
#: | #: {{ux|ia|sala '''a''' attender|waiting room}} | ||
====Derived terms==== | ====Derived terms==== | ||
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# ''American plural particle'' | # ''American plural particle'' | ||
#: {{ux|jl-two|'''A''' whettlenicks like huzzah zoinks, slappen whoodle ey oh jonklerter.|Right before the sheriff'''s''' shot into the ceiling, they saw that they celebrated too soon.}} | #: {{ux|jl-two|'''A''' whettlenicks like huzzah zoinks, slappen whoodle ey oh jonklerter.|Right before the sheriff'''s''' shot into the ceiling, they saw that they celebrated too soon.}} | ||
==[[Scots Norse]]== | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
Unknown, possibly from {{der|snon|non|ek|p=i}}, though the semantic evolution is disputed. Alternative etymologies include: | |||
:a formation from Scots Norse itself. | |||
:A very old derivation from splitting the original infinitive ending, ''-a'', from the body of the verb. | |||
:An early loan from an unknown language. | |||
====Pronunciation==== | |||
{{IPA link|Standard|Scots Norse}} /ˈæ/ (always stressed) | |||
====Pronoun==== | |||
{{head|snon|pronoun}} | |||
#''a null pronoun for forming the impersonal''; it | |||
#:{{uxi|snon|raghnarr '''a'''|'''it's''' raining}} | |||
===Mutation=== | |||
{{snon-mut}} | |||