kra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kra"

Translingual

Symbol

kra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kumhali.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kumhali terms

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kra

1. The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.

Etymology 2

Noun

kra

1. A long-tailed macaque of India and Sumatra, reddish-olive in colour with black spots and tail.

Anagrams

• AKR, Ark, Ark., KAR, RAK, RKA, ark, kar

Czech

Etymology

In Old Czech, this word meant “a piece of rock or other material”; derived from Proto-Slavic *jьkra (“roe; calf of leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkra]

Noun

kra f

1. floe, iceberg
2. (geomorphology) fault block

Declension

Declension of kra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kra	kry
genitive	kry	ker
dative	kře	krám
accusative	kru	kry
vocative	kro	kry
locative	kře	krách
instrumental	krou	krami

Further reading

• “kra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨆꨴꨩ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraː/

Noun

kra

1. monkey

Kabyle

Alternative forms

• ka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kra/

Pronoun

kra m or f

1. something

   Ufiɣ kra deg webrid. ― I found something on the road.

Determiner

kra

1. some

   Sɛiɣ kra iɣʷeblan. ― I have some concerns.

2. what, what a (used to form exclamations)

   Kra n wergaz! ― What a poor guy!

3. whatever [with ayen]

   Ka n wayen ara s-fkeɣ, tettagʷi-t. ― Whatever I give her, she refuses it.

Conjunction

kra

1. as long as, for as long as

   kra yekka wass ― as long as the day lasts

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra. Doublet of ikra.

Noun

kra f

1. ice floe

Declension

Declension of kra

	singular	plural
nominative	kra	kry
genitive	kry	kier
dative	krze	krom
accusative	krę	kry
instrumental	krą	krami
locative	krze	krach
vocative	kro	kry

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

kra

1. caw (cry of a crow or raven)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

akr, kar, rak

Portuguese

Noun

kra m (plural kras)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) abbreviation of cara (“guy”)

   O kra eh foda! ― Guy’s cool as fuck!

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kra/, [ˈkra]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

kra m inan

1. genitive singular of ker

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• akra

Etymology

From Twi Akan akra (“soul”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾa/, [kɾa̠], [kɾɑ̟]

Noun

kra

1. soul, spirit; in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, a spiritual entity, representing the supreme creator Anana, who determines an individual's life and returns to its origin upon the individual's death, ceasing interaction with the world of the living
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[3], New York: Columbia University Press, page 240:

     Lei̯si nąŋga mɔrsu meki yu 'kra gowɛ libi yu.

     Laziness and nastiness caused your soul to leave you.

   • 1970 March 11, P. Marlee, “Lees: Sranan, moks'alesi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname‎^[4], page 1:

     gwe foe Afobaka, go na hé / dan te na sibiboesi krin joe kra / fas joe roetoe tap tafra-bergi lek wan boa / opo wan makti kankantri-sten / gi na njoen Sranan brokodé

     away from Afobaka, go upwards / until a cloudburst cleanses your soul / fasten your roots on the table mount like a boa / raise a mighty cotton tree voice / for the dawn of the new Suriname

Related terms

• dyodyo (“soul, spirit; a spiritual entity linked to the birthplace of an individual who acts as guardian of this or several individuals”)
• yorka (“soul, spirit, ghost; a spiritual entity specific to an individual that can remain among the living upon the death of the individual, in a benign or malicious manner”)
• yeye
• sili

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“thing, something”).

Cognates include Zenaga käräh (“thing”), Kabyle kra (“some, something”), Ghadames kara (“thing, something”), Siwi cra (“something, thing”), Awjila kéra (“thing”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵛⴰ (ca, “something, some”), Tarifit cra (“something, some”), and Tachawit qra (“some”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kra/

Pronoun

kra m or f (plural id kra, Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵔⴰ, Arabic spelling كرا)

1. something

   اينغايّي كرا. ― inġa yyi kra. ― im sick (lit. something hurts me).

2. (in negative phrases) nothing

   اور تسّنت كرا. ― ur tssnt kra. ― you know nothing.

Determiner

kra (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵔⴰ, Arabic spelling كرا)

1. some, certain

   ريغ اد ديدك ساولغ. ف ميت؟ ف كرا ن مدّن.

   rix ad didk sawlx. f mit? f kra n mddn.

   i want to talk to you. About what? About some people.

Derived terms

• kranmani (“somewhere”)
• krawass (“some day”)
• krayan (“someone”)
• kraygan (“each, every”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1245b