Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Two-letter words in English language

aa           rough cindery lava
ab           an abdominal muscle
ad           an advertisement
ag           S. African a general exclamation
ah           an exclamation
ai             the three-toed sloth
am          the present tense of be
an           a form of the indefinite article
as            used to convey relative extent or degree
at            expressing location or time
aw          an exclamation
ax           variant spelling of axe
ay           variant spelling of aye
ba           the soul, in Egyptian mythology
be           to exist
bi            bisexual
bo           a kind of fig tree
by           beside
da           a person's father
do           to perform an action
dy           a type of sediment
ee           dialect form of oh
eh           an exclamation
El             an elevated railway
em         a measuring unit in printing
en           a measuring unit in printing
er            expressing doubt or hesitation
ex           a former spouse or partner
fa            a musical note
Ga          a people in Ghana
gi             judo jacket
go           to move or travel
ha           an exclamation
he           a male person or animal
hi            a greeting
ho           an exclamation
id            a part of the mind
if             introducing a conditional clause
in            within
io            a North American moth
is             the present tense of be
it             a thing
ja            S. African yes
jo            Scottish, archaic a sweetheart
Ju            a kind of Chinese pottery
ka           the spirit, in Egyptian mythology
ki             a plant of the lily family
la             a musical note
li              a Chinese unit of distance
lo            archaic used to draw attention to something
ma          a person's mother
me         the objective case of the first-person pronoun I
mi           a musical note
mo         a moment
mu         a Greek letter
my          belonging to me
nĂ©           originally called
no           not any
nu           a Greek letter
ob           a type of gene
od           a supposed natural force
of            belonging to
og           Australian, archaic a shilling
oh           an exclamation
oi            used to attract attention
OK          used to express assent, agreement, etc.
om         a sacred mantra
on           supported by or covering
op           an operation
or            used to link alternatives
os           a bone
ou           a Hawaiian bird
ow          expressing pain
ox           a cow or bull
oy           = oi
Oz           Australia(n)
pa           father
pi            a Greek letter
po           a chamber pot
qi            the life force, in Chinese philosophy
ra            a moraine, in Norway or Sweden
re            a musical note
ri             a Japanese unit of length
se           a Chinese musical instrument
si             = te
so           therefore
ta            thank you
te            a musical note
ti             = te
uh           expressing hesitation
um         expressing hesitation
up           towards a higher position
us           the objective case of we
Wa         a people on the borders of China and Burma
we          oneself and other people
Wu         a dialect of Chinese
xi             a Greek letter
xu           a Vietnamese unit of money
ye           archaic the plural form of thou
Yi             a people in parts of China
yo           used as a greeting
yu           an ancient Chinese wine container

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