kaa

See also: káa, kaá, kâa, kʼaaʼ, kaʻa, ka'a, -kaa, and ḵáa

Choctaw

Etymology

From English car

Noun

kaa

1. car

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Estonian

Noun

kaa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Shortened form of kanssa (“with”), cognate with Estonian -ga.

Postposition

kaa

1. (colloquial, dialectal) with

   mun kavereitten kaa — with my friends

   munkaa

   sunkaa

   senkaa

Numeral

colloquial counting number

2.	Previous:	yy
	Next:	koo

kaa

1. (colloquial, counting) two

Declension

Indeclinable. The inflected forms of kaksi are used instead.

See also

• kaksi (“two”)

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Mori Bawah

Verb

kaa

1. to eat

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

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Pitcairn-Norfolk

Verb

kaa

1. cannot

   kaa yuuset enisaid aels — you cannot use it anywhere else

References

• Sebba, Mark. Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles. p140.

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Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

kaa (ma class, plural makaa)

1. coal, charcoal

   Synonym: mkaa

2. ember

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-jìkada, extensive form of *-jìka.

Verb

-kaa (infinitive kukaa)

1. to sit
2. to stay, to live
3. (clothing) to fit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kaa
Positive present -nakaa Subjunctive -kae Negative -kai Imperative singular kaa
Infinitives
Positive kukaa Negative kutokaa
Imperatives
Singular kaa Plural kaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukaa Positive past positive subject concord + -likaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakaa/nakaa tunakaa 2nd person unakaa mnakaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakaa wanakaa other classes positive subject concord + -nakaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kai) Singular Plural 1st person sikai hatukai 2nd person hukai hamkai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakai hawakai other classes negative subject concord + -kai
Positive future positive subject concord + -takaa Negative future negative subject concord + -takaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kae) Singular Plural 1st person nikae tukae 2nd person ukae mkae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akae wakae other classes positive subject concord + -kae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akaa) Singular Plural 1st person nakaa twakaa 2nd person wakaa mwakaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akaa wakaa m-mi(III/IV) wakaa yakaa ji-ma(V/VI) lakaa yakaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakaa vyakaa n(IX/X) yakaa zakaa u(XI) wakaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakaa pa(XVI) pakaa mu(XVIII) mwakaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokaa Consecutive kakaa / positive subject concord + -kakaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikaa -tukaa 2nd person -kukaa -wakaa/-kukaeni/-wakaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkaa -wakaa m-mi(III/IV) -ukaa -ikaa ji-ma(V/VI) -likaa -yakaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikaa -vikaa n(IX/X) -ikaa -zikaa u(XI) -ukaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukaa pa(XVI) -pakaa mu(XVIII) -mukaa Reflexive -jikaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kaaye -kaao m-mi(III/IV) -kaao -kaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kaalo -kaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kaacho -kaavyo n(IX/X) -kaayo -kaazo u(XI) -kaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kaako pa(XVI) -kaapo mu(XVIII) -kaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekaa -okaa m-mi(III/IV) -okaa -yokaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokaa -yokaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokaa -vyokaa n(IX/X) -yokaa -zokaa u(XI) -okaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokaa pa(XVI) -pokaa mu(XVIII) -mokaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kalia
  • Causative: -kaza, -kalisha
  • Passive: -kaliwa (“to be sat on”)
  • Stative: -kalika

• Nominal derivations:
  • kao
  • kikao
  • ukao

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *nkádá.

Noun

kaa (n class, plural kaa)

1. crab

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Totontepec Mixe

Noun

kaa

1. bull

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Võro

Noun

kaa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.