-ka

See also Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Czech

Suffix

-ka

1. Appended to words to create a feminine version of a noun, especially a profession, origin, or proper name.
2. Appended to words to create a diminutive form of a noun.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɒ/

Suffix

-ka

1. Diminutive suffix.

   cukor (“sugar”) → cukorka (“candy”)

   asztal (“table”) → asztalka (“small table”)

Usage notes

• Member of the following suffix cluster:

  -ka is added to back vowel words

  -ke is added to front vowel words

See also

• -cska
• Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ka
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Japanese

Counter

-ka (hiragana か)

1. 課: lessons, chapters
2. 箇, 個, 个, カ: numbers in the Chinese (ichinisan) counting system
3. 箇: articles
4. 菓: fruit
5. 果: pieces of fruit
6. 日: days
7. 荷: loads that can be carried on foot

Suffix

-ka (hiragana か)

1. 家: -ist, -er, someone who does something
2. 科: department, section; taxonomical family
3. 課: section, department; lesson
4. 可: permitted, allowed, licensed
5. 日: day of the month
6. 化: -ification
7. 下: under a certain condition
8. 荷: load

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Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ka (Cyrillic spelling -ка)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name.

See also

• -inka
• -enka
• -ovka

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Slovak

Suffix

-ka f., -ky pl.

-k stem

-ok or -iek gen pl

(declension pattern): žena

1. signifies that the word is a feminine version of the word it is appended to.

   Talian (m, an Italian man) + -ka = Talianka (f, an Italian woman)

2. sometimes signifies that word is a diminutive

   mucha (f, a fly) + -ka = muška (f, a small fly)

Usage notes

There are other suffixes that serve the same purpose in Slovak. So, you cannot just take any masculine Slovak word and add -ka to produce the feminine version. However, it is useful in determining the meaning of an unknown feminine Slovak word if you have its original masculine word. And it gives you a good idea of its declension.