karateka

See also: karateką

English

Etymology

From Japanese 空手家 (karateka).

Noun

karateka (plural karateka or karatekas)

1. A practitioner of karate.

   Hyponym: karateman

   • 2021 July 19, Megan McCluskey, “New Sports”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78:

     Another 60 karatekas will go head to head in kumite, three-minute sparring bouts in which athletes attempt to land a series of precise blows on their opponent’s body.

Translations

practitioner of karate

• Afrikaans: karateka
• Finnish: karateka (fi)
• French: karatéka (fr), karatékate (fr) f
• Greek: καρατέκα (el) m or f (karatéka)
• Indonesian: karateka (id)
• Japanese: 空手家 (ja) (からてか, karateka)
• Persian: کاراته‌کا (kârâte-kâ), کاراته‌کار (kârâte-kâr)
• Polish: karateka (pl) m
• Portuguese: carateca (pt) m or f
• Romanian: karateka (ro) m or f
• Russian: каратэ́ка m or f (karatɛ́ka), карати́ст (ru) m (karatíst), карати́стка (ru) f (karatístka)
• Spanish: karateka (es)
• Tagalog: mangangarate

See also

• budoka
• judoka
• kendoka

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手家 (karateka).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kara‧teka, karateka

Noun

karateka (plural karatekas or karateka)

1. karateka

Usage notes

The second plural, karateka, is relatively uncommon except in situations where dealing with people familiar with the Japanese language.

Related terms

• karate

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手家.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈraː.tə.kaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te‧ka

Noun

karateka m (plural karateka's or karateka, no diminutive)

1. karateka

Related terms

• karate

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 空手家 (karateka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑtekɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝ˌt̪e̞kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ekɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ra‧te‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ra‧te‧ka

Noun

karateka

1. karateka

Declension

Inflection of karateka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		karateka	karatekat
genitive		karatekan	karatekojen
partitive		karatekaa	karatekoja
illative		karatekaan	karatekoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		karateka	karatekat
accusative	nom.	karateka	karatekat
	gen.	karatekan
genitive		karatekan	karatekojen karatekain rare
partitive		karatekaa	karatekoja
inessive		karatekassa	karatekoissa
elative		karatekasta	karatekoista
illative		karatekaan	karatekoihin
adessive		karatekalla	karatekoilla
ablative		karatekalta	karatekoilta
allative		karatekalle	karatekoille
essive		karatekana	karatekoina
translative		karatekaksi	karatekoiksi
abessive		karatekatta	karatekoitta
instructive		—	karatekoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of karateka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative karatekani karatekani accusative nom. karatekani karatekani gen. karatekani genitive karatekani karatekojeni karatekaini rare partitive karatekaani karatekojani inessive karatekassani karatekoissani elative karatekastani karatekoistani illative karatekaani karatekoihini adessive karatekallani karatekoillani ablative karatekaltani karatekoiltani allative karatekalleni karatekoilleni essive karatekanani karatekoinani translative karatekakseni karatekoikseni abessive karatekattani karatekoittani instructive — — comitative — karatekoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative karatekasi karatekasi accusative nom. karatekasi karatekasi gen. karatekasi genitive karatekasi karatekojesi karatekaisi rare partitive karatekaasi karatekojasi inessive karatekassasi karatekoissasi elative karatekastasi karatekoistasi illative karatekaasi karatekoihisi adessive karatekallasi karatekoillasi ablative karatekaltasi karatekoiltasi allative karatekallesi karatekoillesi essive karatekanasi karatekoinasi translative karatekaksesi karatekoiksesi abessive karatekattasi karatekoittasi instructive — — comitative — karatekoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative karatekamme karatekamme accusative nom. karatekamme karatekamme gen. karatekamme genitive karatekamme karatekojemme karatekaimme rare partitive karatekaamme karatekojamme inessive karatekassamme karatekoissamme elative karatekastamme karatekoistamme illative karatekaamme karatekoihimme adessive karatekallamme karatekoillamme ablative karatekaltamme karatekoiltamme allative karatekallemme karatekoillemme essive karatekanamme karatekoinamme translative karatekaksemme karatekoiksemme abessive karatekattamme karatekoittamme instructive — — comitative — karatekoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative karatekanne karatekanne accusative nom. karatekanne karatekanne gen. karatekanne genitive karatekanne karatekojenne karatekainne rare partitive karatekaanne karatekojanne inessive karatekassanne karatekoissanne elative karatekastanne karatekoistanne illative karatekaanne karatekoihinne adessive karatekallanne karatekoillanne ablative karatekaltanne karatekoiltanne allative karatekallenne karatekoillenne essive karatekananne karatekoinanne translative karatekaksenne karatekoiksenne abessive karatekattanne karatekoittanne instructive — — comitative — karatekoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative karatekansa karatekansa accusative nom. karatekansa karatekansa gen. karatekansa genitive karatekansa karatekojensa karatekainsa rare partitive karatekaansa karatekojaan karatekojansa inessive karatekassaan karatekassansa karatekoissaan karatekoissansa elative karatekastaan karatekastansa karatekoistaan karatekoistansa illative karatekaansa karatekoihinsa adessive karatekallaan karatekallansa karatekoillaan karatekoillansa ablative karatekaltaan karatekaltansa karatekoiltaan karatekoiltansa allative karatekalleen karatekallensa karatekoilleen karatekoillensa essive karatekanaan karatekanansa karatekoinaan karatekoinansa translative karatekakseen karatekaksensa karatekoikseen karatekoiksensa abessive karatekattaan karatekattansa karatekoittaan karatekoittansa instructive — — comitative — karatekoineen karatekoinensa

Further reading

• “karateka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 空手家 (からてか, karateka, “karate practitioner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ra.te.ka/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧té‧ka

Noun

karateka

1. (sports) karateka, karate practitioner

Related terms

• karategi
• karateka

Further reading

• “karateka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

karateka

1. Rōmaji transcription of からてか

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手家 / からてか / karateka (karateka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.raˈtɛ.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te‧ka

Noun

karateka m pers

1. karateka

Declension

Declension of karateka

	singular	plural
nominative	karateka	karatecy
genitive	karateki	karateków
dative	karatece	karatekom
accusative	karatekę	karateków
instrumental	karateką	karatekami
locative	karatece	karatekach
vocative	karateko	karatecy

Related terms

noun

• karate

Further reading

• karateka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karateka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• karateca

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手家 (karateka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈteka/ [ka.ɾaˈt̪e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te‧ka

Noun

karateka m or f by sense (plural karatekas)

1. (martial arts) karateka