ka

Likely a loan word from Nivkh ӿа (ha) (bearing the same meaning), given that the traps were of the same type and that sable hunting was taken up on Sakhalin for export to Qing China, to whom the Nivkh were nearer.


ka

Jo, unë nuk jam ka Shqipëria.

Old Church Slavonic language
Proto-Albanian language
Proto-Indo-European language
Shkodër
Tosk Albanian language

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


ka

sq-noun

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

qe (plural)
kau (definite)
qetë (definite plural)
ka (indefinite nominative singular)
kau (definite nominative singular)
qe (indefinite nominative plural)
qetë (definite nominative plural)
ka (accusative indefinite singular)
kaun (accusative definite singular)
qe (accusative indefinite plural)
qetë (accusative definite plural)
kau (dative indefinite singular)
kaut (dative definite singular)
qeve (dative indefinite plural)
qeve (dative definite plural)
kau (ablative indefinite singular)
kaut (ablative definite singular)
qesh (ablative indefinite plural)
qeve (ablative definite plural)

kau i hullisë

stronger ox (of a team) that walks in the furrow

Proto-Indo-European language
Vladimir Orel

From earlier *kaha, from Proto-Albanian *koso, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁s- (“scratch, cut”). For sense development, compare Slavic *volь - ox, from *valiti - to throw down, castrate.
Alternatively, the plural form qe suggests an earlier *kʷē, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“ox, cow”) via an unidentified Indo-European language.


ka

third-person singular present indicative of kam

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ka

Mon language
Proto-Bahnaric language
Proto-Mon-Khmer language
Sedang language
Vietnamese language

From Proto-Bahnaric *kaː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ; cognate with Sedang ká, Vietnamese cá, Mon က (kaʔ).


ka

an ka jamana


ka

A ka ɲi

Kidali ka jan

particle linking subject and predicative adjective


ka

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

ka (absolutive indefinite)
ka (absolutive indefinite singular)
kak (absolutive indefinite plural)
kak (ergative indefinite)
kak (ergative indefinite singular)
kek (ergative indefinite plural)
kari (dative indefinite)
kari (dative indefinite singular)
kei (dative indefinite plural)
karen (genitive indefinite)
karen (genitive indefinite singular)
ken (genitive indefinite plural)
karekin (comitative indefinite)
karekin (comitative indefinite singular)
kekin (comitative indefinite plural)
karengatik (causative indefinite)
karengatik (causative indefinite singular)
kengatik (causative indefinite plural)
karentzat (benefactive indefinite)
karentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
kentzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
kaz (indefinite instrumental)
kaz (indefinite instrumental singular)
kez (indefinite instrumental plural)
katan (indefinite inessive)
kan (indefinite inessive singular)
ketan (indefinite inessive plural)
katako (indefinite locative)
kako (indefinite locative singular)
ketako (indefinite locative plural)
katara (allative indefinite)
kara (allative indefinite singular)
ketara (allative indefinite plural)
kataraino (indefinite terminative)
karaino (indefinite singular terminative)
ketaraino (indefinite plural terminative)
katarantz (directive indefinite)
karantz (directive indefinite singular)
ketarantz (directive indefinite plural)
katarako (destinative indefinite)
karako (destinative indefinite singular)
ketarako (destinative indefinite plural)
katatik (ablative indefinite)
katik (ablative indefinite singular)
ketatik (ablative indefinite plural)
karik (indefinite partitive)
katzat (indefinite prolative)


ka

Alternative form of kan, used before words starting with s.


ka

nl-noun

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

kaden (plural)
kades (plural)
ka's (plural)
kaatje (diminutive neuter)


ka

(Netherlands, derogatory) dominant woman

ka's (plural)
kaatje (diminutive neuter)

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


ka

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

ka's (plural)
kauwen (plural)
kaatje (diminutive neuter)
kauwtje (diminutive neuter)


ka

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


ka

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.

Hence Dorian's portrait is like the ka or double of the deceased in Egyptian tombs, heaped with toys and furniture.

‘You could bind the ka of a man to his body for five thousand years,’ said Jaquel.

2011, Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Tenth Anniversary Edition), William Morrow 2013, p. 179

A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.


ka

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.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:

Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world.

1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

(transitive, obsolete) To serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof.


ka

The name of the Cyrillic script letter К / к.


ka

Tema läks ka metsa.


ka

Minä menin kauppaan ka.

Variant of kaa, both shortenings of kanssa.


ka

Ka!

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


ka

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


ka

Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including abstractions and borrowed words


ka

taasa ka

(definite) the (when it follows the noun)


ka

ka taasa


ka

Na gut
Mir war halt so nach schnellspannnabe, wegen Reifenwechseln undsoweiter.
Ich hab ka nun den zweiten Totenkopf abgerissen und die 14er Schlüssel
ziehen Winters immer in den Süden :-(

2004 September 21, Tilman Wetter, “Schaltauge nachrüsten?”, in de.rec.fahrrad (Usenet):

Kann mir da einer helfen? ich hab absolut ka woran es liegt. AUs der config von xine bin ich zum nicht schlauer geworden.

2005 December 10, Alexander Jede, “einfrierende Maus bei xine”, in linux.debian.user.german (Usenet):

irgendwo hab ich aufgeschnappt das mitte Februar neue Dual Core CPU´s auf den Markt kommen.Bitte nicht fragen wo ich das her hab,ka vieleicht bilde ich mir das ja auch nur ein ;-)

2006 January 12, Alexander Jede, “einfrierende Maus bei xine”, in linux.debian.user.german (Usenet):

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of k. A.


ka

From African origin. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ka.


ka

Contraction of kapab, from French capable


ka

Naan ka pamag-uli?

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka (2sg. subject pronoun).


ka

duwa ka bilog sab-a

connective used between a cardinal numeral and that which is enumerated


ka

Kang ka idu, si Migra.


ka

Aku ka makai asi.

(informal, modal auxiliary) Contraction of deka.


ka

Ka tu amoras me?

Apocopic form of kad (used before a consonant)

See kad. Decision no. 16, Progreso II. Based on the apocopic forms a, e, and o.


ka

The hiragana syllable か (ka) or the katakana syllable カ (ka) in Hepburn romanization.


ka

Kalaraman ka?

Nanka?

Sucat mo casing bitasan quing micabucasan ca?

1617, Francisco Coronel, Arte y reglas de la lengua Pampanga:

Can you by chance assure us that you will arrive tomorrow?

X ka Y ka?

Munta ka alika?

Ini ka o ita ka, sanu kareni.

Magpasta ka o magpitsa ka?

used with o to mark list and to connect choices being considered with uncertainty

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka (“2sg. subject pronoun”). Compare Indonesian -kah, Malay -kah.


ka

Kaluguran daka

Mamun ka kang inda


ka

(a) subject:

labi, ka darbs padarīts

viņam nepatika, ka tagad viņi ar Plienu bija palikuši tikai divi

he didn't like that now only he and Pliens had remained

aplam darīts arī tas, ka divās dienās nopļāva visu Spilvas pļavu

wrongly done was also that (= the fact) that (he) mowed the entire Spilva meadow in two days

tveice bija tāda, ka šķita - tīrums smaržo kā liela rudzu kalte ― the heat was such that one felt (as if) the field smelled like a big rye drier

(b) attributive complement, (secondary) predicate

pienāca ziņa, ka tēvs saslimis

viņi nolaida karogus per zīmi, ka demonstrācija beigusies

they lowered the flags as a sign that the protest was over

vēl vairāk sirdi nospeiž sāpes, / ka atkal apkārt tikai mežs

even more the heart is oppressed by the pain / that again (there is) only forest around

ir tāds karstums, ka pat putniņi paslēpušies ― (there) is such a heat that even the little birds are hiding

viņš teica, ka varam iet

Ģirts redzēja, ka Artūrs nekā neapjēdz, ka labāk runāt par ko citu

Ģirts saw that Artūrs would never realize that it would be better to talk about something else

Krančelis izrādīja visu savu nemieru ar to, ka nevarēja meiteni iepriecināt

Krančelis showed all his concern with that (= the fact) that he could not cheer up the girl

kas gan var būt vēl skaistāks pasaulē par to, ka cilvēks palīdz cilvēkam un draugs - draugam! ― what can be more beautiful in (this) world than that (= the fact) that a person helps (another) person and a friend - (another) friend!

viņpus upes krastā Preimanis lādējās, ka visa pamale skanēja

on the shore, on the other side of the river, Preimanis cursed (in such a way) that the whole horizon resounded (with his curses)

Saulītis krāca tā, ka ārā varēja dzirdēt ― Saulītis snored so (= in such a way) that one could hear it outside
(e) adverbial complement (cause)
(often tāpēc ka, tādēļ ka, less frequently tamdēļ ka, tālab ka, “for the reason that”)

viņai kļūst kauns par sevi, ka pat domās pieļāvusi salīdzinājumu

she felt ashamed of herself, that (= because) she had allowed herself (to make) this comparison even in thought

publicisti uzbruka rakstniekiem, ka tie bez īstas kvēles un dedzības ķeras pagatavot lugas

the publishers attacked the writers that (= because) they tried to prepare (= write) plays without real fervor and zeal

“bet varbūt tāpēc līst, ka man sāp zobs”, viņš iedomājās

“but maybe it is raining for that reason, that (= because) my tooth hurts,” he thought

krievu valoda mums jāprot tādēļ, ka tā ir mūsu kaimiņu un draugu valoda

we must know Russian for that reason, that (= because) it is the language of our neighbors and friends

Ješka nepaguva atbildēt, tāpēc ka papriekš gribēja iedzert

Ješka couldn't answer, because he first wanted to drink

tu, tēvoc, daudz ko nedzirdi, tādēļ ka kurls esi palicis

you, uncle, haven't heard much, because you have become deaf

otrā rītā sāp mugura, ka tīri vai jāraud

the next morning (his) back was in pain, (so much) that (he) simply had to cry

visi bija tik satraukti, ka nemanīja, vai viņš atsveicinās vai ne

everybody was so excited that (they) did not noticed whether or not he said goodbye

Ainas acis vērāas tik mierīgas un vēas, ka viņš atmeta šādu domu

(but) Aina's eyes were so peaceful and cool (= calm) that he abandoned such thought(s)

dejotāju kājas bija noru noblietējušas tā, ka zeme sāka skanēt

the dancers' feet had stomped the (forest) glade so (= in such a way) that the earth began to resound

vējš gaudoja aizvien stiprāk, tā ka sāka jau drebēt majas jumts

the wind howled more and more strongly, so that the house roof began to shake

vecais zvirbulis bija ļoti noskumis un kļuva pat neuzmanīgs, tā ka to gandrīz noķēra pelēkais Minka ― the old sparrow had become very sad and even inattentive, so that the gray Minka (= cat) almost caught him

pēc malkas ej, ka var kurināt tam akmenim virsū!

go find wood, (so) that we can burn it on (top of) that rock

skrien kā traks, ka tikai izraut lielāku normu ― I run (= work) like crazy, (so) that I may get a larger margin (= advantage)

(h) adverbial complement (measure, proportion)

tūlīt pēc kara pievairojis bija pelēču, ka mudž

immediately after the war the grays (= landowners) became many, (so much) that (they) were swarming

viņa steidzās tik ļoti, ka neievēroja vaļējās klēts durvis un tajās sēdošo cilvēku

she hurried so much that (she) did not notice the open barn door and the person sitting in(side of) it

vai tik daudz sāpju sevī pārvarēji, / ka tikai prieku spēsi citiem sniegt? ― have you overcome so much pain in yourself / that you will be able to give only joy to others?

kas tas par draugu, ka nevar palīdzēt?

what kind of friend is he, that (= if) he can't help?

kur gan esat, zilie ceriņi, ka nekur vairs nesatieku jūs?

where are you, blue lilac, that (= if) I don't find you anywhere?

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:

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”).


ka

jāsagrābj siens, ka neuznāk lietus

(we) have to rake the hay together, may rain not come (i.e., maybe there will be rain)

vispirms gādājiet, lai rudzi tiek statos; ka neuznāk krusa

first of all make sure that the rye is in heaps; may hail not come (= i.e., maybe there will be hail)

ka tik viņš neaizietu!

may he only not leave! if only he wouldn't leave!

“ka nenositas”, Nikolajs ieminas, bet onkulis atmet at roku: “liels puisietis, nenositīsies”

“may he not get himself killed” (i.e., he probably won't get himself killed), Nikolas said, and uncle gestured with his hand: “(he is) a big boy, he won't get himself killed”

“ak, ka tak viss neietu tik lēnām... tos, kas nomirs, tos tak ielaidīs jūrā?” “laikam”

“oh, may everything not go so slowly (= if only everything didn't go so slowly)... those who died, they will be thrown into the sea?” “maybe”

pagája labs brīdis, bet necēlās neviens no pakritušajiem skrējējiem... ka viņu vilks, nu būs abi divi beigti

a good while went by, but none of the fallen runners stood up... may (the devil) take him, they now will be (= probably are) both finished (= dead)

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...

māte tik naigi dur ka dur - šuj savu šujamo

mother so quickly pierced and pierced - she sows her sowing (= what she needs to sow, i.e. she is certainly carrying out her task)

used to reinforce the intensity of an action or activity, usually with a repeated verb; ... and ...


ka

The name of the Latin-script letter k/K.


ka

Abbreviation of kaki (“foot (unit of measurement)”).


ka

second person singular personal pronoun, you


ka

Marks an event as occurring at some time or as existing

when; used before a verb to indicate the start of an action or state

Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru...

ātou ka haere

now (for the first time); when used after kātahi anō


ka

Proto-Kuki-Chin language
Proto-Sino-Tibetan language

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaj ~ kaj-maʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka (“I; me”).


ka

form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hva


ka

Ka e da du gjere på?

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Northern Norway, Vestlandet, non-standard since 1959) alternative form of kva (“what”)


ka

Gǀa kaǀî dyee ka?

What is your name? (lit. How do you say your name?)


ka

කන්නු ඛ්වජ්ජ සමණං වා බ්රාහ්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්යාම යන්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත්තං පසීදෙය්යා!"ති

2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 82:

Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?

kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti

ko (nominative singular)
ke (nominative plural)
kaṃ (accusative singular)
ke (accusative plural)
kena (instrumental singular)
kehi (instrumental plural)
kebhi (instrumental plural)
kassa (dative singular)
kissa (dative singular)
kesaṃ (dative plural)
kesānaṃ (dative plural)
kasmā (ablative singular)
kismā (ablative singular)
kehi (ablative plural)
kebhi (ablative plural)
kassa (genitive singular)
kissa (genitive singular)
kesaṃ (genitive plural)
kesānaṃ (genitive plural)
kasmiṃ (locative singular)
kamhi (locative singular)
kismiṃ (locative singular)
kimhi (locative singular)
kesu (locative plural)

Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-Iranian language
Sanskrit language

From the masculine and neuter respectively of Sanskrit क (ká), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷós.


ka

kiṃ (nominative singular)
kāni (nominative plural)
kiṃ (accusative singular)
kāni (accusative plural)
kena (instrumental singular)
kehi (instrumental plural)
kebhi (instrumental plural)
kassa (dative singular)
kissa (dative singular)
kesaṃ (dative plural)
kesānaṃ (dative plural)
kasmā (ablative singular)
kismā (ablative singular)
kehi (ablative plural)
kebhi (ablative plural)
kassa (genitive singular)
kissa (genitive singular)
kesaṃ (genitive plural)
kesānaṃ (genitive plural)
kasmiṃ (locative singular)
kamhi (locative singular)
kismiṃ (locative singular)
kimhi (locative singular)
kesu (locative plural)


ka

क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, स, ह, ळ, ं। इति व्यञ्जन नाम होन्ति।

c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

Ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, sa, ha, ḷa, aṃ, iti vyañjanā nāma honti.

को यस्स यथा-सको।

c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

ko (nominative singular)
kaṃ (accusative singular)
kena (instrumental singular)
kassa (dative singular)
kāya (dative singular)
katthaṃ (dative singular)
kasmā (ablative singular)
kamhā (ablative singular)
kā (ablative singular)
kassa (genitive singular)
kasmiṃ (locative singular)
kamhi (locative singular)
ke (locative singular)
ka (singular vocative)

Probably from the pronunciation of a syllable consisting only of the letter.


ka

Watingku maḻu nyangu ka wirtjapakaṉu.

The man saw the kangaroo and the kangaroo ran away.


ka

desctree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *ka
Malay: ke
Indonesian: ke


ka

Malay: ke
Indonesian: ke


ka

ka-čiChickasaw: aachiChoctaw: achiCreek: kaycetvHitchiti: kači-

t-o-ka

quotative marker; see there for further descendants

⇒ Alabama: manka

Choctaw: a

⇒ Creek: maketv

Hitchiti: ka

⇒ Hitchiti: onka-

⇒ Koasati: mankalaho̱, onkalaho̱

⇒ Mikasuki: onka-, inka-


ka

(auxiliary) verb used to form mediopassive periphrastic constructions


ka

Used to indicate the temporal contiguity of an action.

conditional mood
conditional mood#English

Used to indicate the conditional mood of a relative clause.

Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru.

Used to form a counting form from of the following numeral.

Hawaiian language
Maori language
Proto-Polynesian language

From Proto-Polynesian *ka-, *ka. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻa- and Maori ka.


ka

¡Ka ma'itaki 'ō!

Intensifies the following verb; how! what a!


ka

Burmese language
Old Chinese language
Proto-Sino-Tibetan language

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter”). Cognate with Burmese ခါး (hka:), Old Chinese 苦 (OC *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs).


ka

English language
Middle Low German language
Old High German language

Of imitative origin, similar to Old High German kā (“crow, jackdaw”), Middle Low German kâ (“crow, jackdaw”), English caw.

onomatopoeic

imitative


ka

(Chakavian, Kajkavian, interrogative) which (feminine)

(Chakavian, Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who (feminine)

(Chakavian, Kajkavian, indefinite) some (feminine)


ka

Ke bà fue a bápánenì ne ka.


ka

Garaash ka fur.


ka

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


ka

the name of the Latin-script letter K/k, in the Abakada alphabet

(historical) the name of the Latin-script letter K/k, in the Abecedario

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜃ (ka).


ka

ᜃ (Baybayin)
ca (alternative)
k (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka (“2sg. subject pronoun”).


ka

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Georgian.

The etymology for the ISO 639-1 code for Georgian is from Georgian ქართული ენა (kartuli ena).


ka

future tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb


ka

let's [with first-person plural imperative]


ka

(transitive) to confess (literally, "to recount previous misdeeds involuntarily or under duress")

Igala language
Igbo language
Nupe language

Likely cognate with Igala kà (“to tell”) and Igbo kà (“to speak”), perhaps related to Nupe gàn


ka

(transitive) to pluck fruit (from a tree)

to break something; to knock off something

(idiomatic) to become snapped under pressure

ká ìbó

for a child dying literally "to pluck the fruit of the ibo tree"


ka

Fọlá, wá bá mi ká aṣọ!

(intransitive) to become curled or folded

to constrain someone (often via supernatural means)

apá àtẹ́lẹwọ́ kì í ká ilé

The arm of the palm cannot control the house (Yoruba incantation)

(idiomatic) to get something under control


ka

Yímiká

a shortened name form meaning "surrounds me"