ka

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.2 References 1.3.3 Symbol 1.4 Anagrams 2 Acehnese 2.1 Adverb 3 Albanian 3.1 Verb 3.2 Usage notes 4 Amanab 4.1 Pronoun 5 Bosnian 5.1 Preposition 5.1.1 Synonyms 6 Croatian 6.1 Preposition 7 Ewe 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.3 Verb 8 Ido 8.1 Alternative forms 8.2 Particle 9 Japanese 9.1 Noun 9.2 Particle 10 Latvian 10.1 Pronoun 11 Lojban 11.1 Particle 12 Mandarin 12.1 Pinyin syllable 12.1.1 Usage notes 13 Mapudungun 13.1 Adverb 13.1.1 Synonyms 13.2 Conjunction 13.3 Determiner 14 Min Nan 14.1 Noun 14.2 Verb 15 Serbian 15.1 Preposition 15.1.1 Cyrillic spelling 15.1.2 Synonyms 16 Spanish 16.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑ:/

[edit] Etymology 1

Egyptian k3.

[edit] Noun

ka

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

   • 1983: 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. — Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

[edit] Etymology 2

From the Latin phrase fricantem frica

[edit] Verb

ka (inflections not attested)

1. (transitive) To serve, in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee".

   quotations:

   • "Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world." — Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth

[edit] References

• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

[edit] Symbol

ka

1. kiloamp

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of AK

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[edit] Acehnese

[edit] Adverb

ka

1. already

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Verb

ka

1. to have

[edit] Usage notes

• kam - I have

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[edit] Amanab

[edit] Pronoun

ka

1. I (first person singular nominative)

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Preposition

ka

1. to
2. towards

[edit] Synonyms

• k

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Preposition

ka

1. to
2. towards

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[edit] Ewe

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'kɑː/, SAMPA: /"kA:/

[edit] Noun

ka (plural kawo)

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

[edit] Verb

ka

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

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Alternative forms

• (before a vowel): kad

[edit] Particle

ka

1. question particle: placed at the beginning of a question to turn it into a yes/no question

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

ka (hiragana か)

1. か: hiragana letter ka
2. カ: katakana letter ka

[edit] Particle

ka (hiragana か)

1. か: question particle

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Pronoun

ka

1. that

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Particle

ka

1. Indicates the quality or property of the following clause; -ness, -ty, -hood.

   simlu le ka rarna

   It seems to be natural (lit. seems the naturalness).

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ka

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, kā, kǎ, or kà.

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Mapudungun

[edit] Adverb

ka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. too; also

[edit] Synonyms

• kafey

[edit] Conjunction

ka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. and

[edit] Determiner

ka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. another; not the same

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] 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

[edit] Verb

ka (POJ, traditional 加, simplified 加)

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

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Preposition

ka

1. to
2. toward

[edit] Cyrillic spelling

• ка

[edit] Synonyms

• k

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

ka f. (plural kas)

1. Name of the letter k.