a- -ing

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IPA（発音記号）

/ə- -ɪŋ/

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古語 形態素

(archaic) Used to form present participles and verbal nouns; and, (dialectal) circumfixed to words which function as part of a verb phrase (e.g. “he went a-hunting”)

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In the poem, the antiquarian pointed out uses of the circumfix a- -ing, noting how it once turned verbs into present participles and verbal nouns.

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(archaic) Used to form present participles and verbal nouns; and, (dialectal) circumfixed to words which function as part of a verb phrase (e.g. “he went a-hunting”)

Bye, baby Bunting, / Father's gone a-hunting, / Mother's gone a-milking, / Sister's gone a-silking, / Brother's gone to buy a skin / To wrap the baby Bunting in.

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