aa (pronounced “ah-ah”)
ORIGIN: <Hawaiian, ‘a’, “to burn.”
1. Lava that has a rough, jagged, spiny, and generally clinkery surface.
2. How to gloss this sharp language, its reflective surfaces, its chinks?
Geology Primer (Fogo, Cape Verde)
November 1, 2013
Essays, Issue 06, Issue 06 Essays
