'at

See also: Appendix:Variations of "at"

English

Etymology

Alteration (apheresis) of that, attested since Middle English at, atte (that, relative pronoun). Compare Old Norse at (that, relative pronoun).

Pronoun

'at

  1. (colloquial) Reduced form of that.
    What’s ’at? (meaning What is that?)
    I've never seen anything like ’at.
    ’At a boy!

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O'odham

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Verb

'at

  1. third-person singular perfect indicative of 'o
    Gogs 'at hi꞉n.
    The dog barked.

See also

O'odham auxiliary
singular plural
imperfective perfective imperfective perfective
first person long 'añ 'ant 'ac 'att
short ñ nt c tt
second person long 'ap 'apt 'am 'amt
short p pt m mt
third person long 'o 'at 'o 'at
short t t

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