ka

ka

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English Online Dictionary. What means ka‎? What does ka mean?

Translingual

Symbol

ka

  1. kiloyear (also ky, kyr)
  2. thousands of years ago

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.

Noun

ka (plural kas)

  1. A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
    • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
      Then, I wondered how long I must wait before seeing my Double, but if I recalled, the Ka was not supposed to appear before the seventy days of embalming were done.
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      Hence Dorian's portrait is like the ka or double of the deceased in Egyptian tombs, heaped with toys and furniture.
    • 2011, Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Tenth Anniversary Edition), William Morrow 2013, p. 179:
      ‘You could bind the ka of a man to his body for five thousand years,’ said Jaquel.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Verb

ka

  1. (transitive) To serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.5:
      Now nature stood ever on this point, Kæ mee Ile kæ thee, and ever ready to bee even alwaies on recompences and vicissitude of things, and to give as good as one brings.
    • 1821, Walter Scott, Kenilworth:
      Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world.

References

  • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Anagrams

  • AK, Ak

Acehnese

Adverb

ka

  1. already

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • nga (Tosk)
  • kah

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka] (Gheg)

Etymology 1

From older kah, from *kah ~ ngah (compare Tosk nga), from Proto-Albanian *en kaxa, from *en kʷod so ‘wherein, wherefrom’, literally ‘in which this’. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic къ (kŭ, “to”).

Preposition

ka (+nominative)

  1. from, out, out of, to
  2. who, whom

Etymology 2

The plural form qe suggests an earlier *kʷē, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus (“ox, cow”) via a pre-Albanian language.

Pronunciation

  • singular: IPA(key): [kaː]
  • singular: IPA(key): [qɒ] (Gheg)
  • plural: IPA(key): [ceː]

Noun

ka m (indefinite plural qe, definite singular kau, definite plural qetë)

  1. ox
  2. steer

Declension

Hyponyms

  • kau i hullisë (“stronger ox (of a team) that walks in the furrow”)
  • ka i kularit (“yoke ox”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ka

  1. third-person singular present indicative of kam

References

Amanab

Pronoun

ka

  1. I (first person singular nominative)

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *kaː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ; cognate with Sedang ka̰, Vietnamese cá, Mon [script needed] (kaʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː/

Noun

ka

  1. fish

Chuukese

Pronoun

ka

  1. you (singular)

Adjective

ka

  1. you are

Related terms


Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • kan, kor

Preposition

ka

  1. in, at
  2. to, towards

References

  • “ka” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː/
  • Hyphenation: ka
  • Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From kade.

Noun

ka f (plural kaden or kades or ka's, diminutive kaatje n)

  1. Alternative form of kade.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly from Catharina Mulder or "Kaat Mossel".

Noun

ka f (plural ka's, diminutive kaatje n)

  1. (derogatory) dominant woman
Synonyms
  • kenau

Etymology 3

Related to kauw.

Noun

ka f (plural ka's or kauwen, diminutive kaatje n or kauwtje n)

  1. Alternative form of kauw.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.

Noun

ka c (plural ka's)

  1. ka (ancient Egyptian notion of the soul, shown as a bird)

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from kaasas.

Adverb

ka

  1. also, too
    Tema läks ka metsa.
    He also went to the forest.

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑː/

Noun

ka (plural kawo)

  1. cord
  2. line
  3. rope
  4. string

Verb

ka

  1. to bite
  2. to break
  3. to chip
  4. to rummage

Finnish

Etymology 1

A dialectal or colloquial 2nd person imperative present of katsoa (“to look”).

Verb

ka

  1. (colloquial) look!
    Ka!

Synonyms

  • katso
  • kato (colloquial)

Etymology 2

Adverb

ka

  1. (rare, dialectal) also, too

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

ka m (plural kas)

  1. kay, The name of the Latin-script letter K.

Futuna-Aniwa

Verb

ka

  1. (Aniwa) to squeal

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Cognates with Kabuverdianu ka.

Adverb

ka

  1. not

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French cas (“case”).

Noun

ka

  1. case, instance

Etymology 2

Contraction of kapab, from French capable

Verb

ka

  1. (auxiliary) can, be able to

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

  • ke (before words that begin with 'k', 'a', 'e', or 'o')

Article

ka sg (plural nā)

  1. the

Ido

Etymology

See kad. Decision no. 16, Progreso II.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka/

Particle

ka

  1. Apocopic form of kad (used before a consonant)

References

  • Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, pages 15, 357, 579

Japanese

Romanization

ka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of か
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カ

Javanese

Etymology

Clipping of ika

Determiner

ka

  1. (colloquial) yonder

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From African origin.

Adverb

ka

  1. not

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaː/

Noun

kā f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter K.

Coordinate terms

  • (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
    Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.

Latvian

Etymology

Originally an old neuter nominative singular form of kas (“who, what”) that acquired the function of a conjunction. Cognates include Old Prussian ka (“who, what”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka]

Conjunction

ka

  1. that; used to link a subordinate clause to the main clause, sometimes with a pronominal antecedent (tas, tāds, tik, tādēļ, tāpēc), with various different functions:
    (a) subject:
    (b) attributive complement, (secondary) predicate
    (c) direct object
    (d) adverbial complement (manner)
    (e) adverbial complement (cause)
    (often tāpēc ka, tādēļ ka, less frequently tamdēļ ka, tālab ka, “for the reason that”)
    (f) adverbial complement (consequence)
    (often tā kā “so that”)
    (g) adverbial complement (purpose)
    (h) adverbial complement (measure, proportion)
    (i) adverbial complement (condition)

Particle

ka

  1. used to add a nuance of probability or doubt to a, usually negative, utterance, to make it optative, expressive of a desire (cf. kaut); may...
  2. used to reinforce the intensity of an action or activity, usually with a repeated verb; ... and ...

References

Mandarin

Romanization

ka

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kǎ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kà.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Adverb

ka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. too; also

Synonyms

  • kafey

Conjunction

ka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. and

Determiner

ka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. another; not the same

Min Nan

Noun

ka (POJ, traditional 家, simplified 家)

  1. family, household

ka (POJ, traditional 鸠, simplified 鳩)

  1. turtle dove; Turtur orientalis

ka (POJ, traditional 铰, simplified 鉸)

  1. scissors

Verb

ka (POJ, traditional 加, simplified 加)

  1. to raise; to increase; to add; plus

Norwegian

Pronoun

ka

  1. (dialectal) what (interrogative pronoun); compare to Nynorsk kva
    Ka e da du gjere på?
    What are you doing?

Synonyms

  • hva (Bokmål)
  • kva (Nynorsk)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀‎ (ka), Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), Latin quis, Old English hwā (whence English who).

Pronoun

ka

  1. (interrogative) who
  2. (interrogative) what
  3. (interrogative) which

Declension

References

  • ka˚ in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

Picuris

Verb

ka

  1. to wash

Further reading

  • Dominic Yu, Comparative Phonology of Picurís and Taos (2008)

Pitjantjatjara

Conjunction

ka

  1. and (switching)

Usage notes

  • Ka is a switching conjunction. When it links two clauses or sentences, it conveys that the second clause has a different subject from the first. In cases where the subject remains the same, the conjunction munu is used. In the example above, the subject of the second clause need not be "the kangaroo", although that seems the most likely possibility from context. The ku simply tells us that someone or something other than wati (the subject of the first clause) ran away.
  • Although ka is spelt with a short a, the vowel is actually long (kaa). The misleading spelling exists for historical reasons.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • kaka, kakaka, kakakaka...

Interjection

ka

  1. ha (representation of laughter)

Rapa Nui

Interjection

ka

  1. exclamation suggesting a judgment on external events

Usage notes

For a personal reaction, consider using ko.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • kae

Noun

ka (plural kas)

  1. jackdaw

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

ka (Cyrillic spelling ка) (+ dative case)

  1. to
  2. toward

Synonyms

  • k

Adverb

ka (Cyrillic spelling ка)

  1. (Chakavian, Montenegro) as, like

Synonyms

  • kao

Conjunction

ka

  1. (Chakavian, Montenegro) as, like

Synonyms

  • kao

Pronoun

ka (Cyrillic spelling ка)

  1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian, interrogative) which (feminine)
  2. (Chakavian, Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who (feminine)
  3. (Chakavian, Kajkavian, indefinite) some (feminine)

Synonyms

  • koja

Somali

Preposition

ka

  1. from
  2. away from
  3. out of
  4. about, concerning

Usage notes

  • In Somali, prepositions fall before the verb and not before the noun they modify:
    ka imow -- to come from
    ka keen -- to bring s.o from

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka/
  • Homophone: ca

Noun

ka f (plural kas)

  1. Name of the letter k.

Further reading

  • “ka” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Etymology

From the -ka- consecutive tense marker.

Adverb

ka

  1. and then (used between a series of actions that happened soon closely together)

Tagalog

Pronoun

ka

  1. you (second person singular)

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

ka

  1. car

Tuvaluan

Particle

ka

  1. future tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

Ujir

Numeral

ka

  1. four

References

  • Antoinette Schapper, Marian Klamer, Numeral systems in the Alor-Pantar languages

Veps

Etymology

Adverb

ka

  1. yes
  2. certainly, absolutely
  3. naturally, of course
  4. let's [+first-person plural imperative]

Conjunction

ka

  1. but
  2. then (in "if...then" constructions)

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “безусловно, да, давать, естественно, конечно, но”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Conjunction

ka

  1. than (used for comparisons)

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