ка

See also: КА, -ка, and Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *ko. Cognates include Bats ქო (ko) and Ingush ка (ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka/

Noun

ка • (kaclass d (singular only)

  1. hand
    Synonym: куьг class dd (küg)
    Holonym: пхьа̄рс class bd (pḥʳaars, arm)

Declension

Declension of ка
singular plural
nominative ка (ka) канаш (kanaš)
genitive канан (kanan) канийн (kaniı̇n)
dative канна (kanna) канашна (kanašna)
ergative кано̄ (kanoo) канаша (kanaša)
allative кане̄ (kanee) канашка (kanaška)
instrumental канца (kanca) канашца (kanašca)
lative канах (kanax) канех (kanex)
comparative канал (kanal) канел (kanel)

References

  • Macijev, A. G.; Ozdojev, I. A.; Džamalxanov, Z. D. (1962), Нохчийн-гӏалгӏайн-оьрсийн словарь / Чеченско-ингушско-русский словарь [Chechen–Ingush–Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 81a

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *ko. Cognates include Bats ქო (ko) and Chechen ка (ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka/

Noun

ка • (kaclass j (singular only)

  1. hand
    Synonym: кулг class dd (kulg)
    Holonym: пхьа̄рс class bd (pḥʳaars, arm)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Malʹsagov, Zaurbek K. (1925), Ингушская грамматика [Ingush Grammar]‎[1] (in Russian), 1nd edition, Vladikavkaz: Printing house Svet, page 168
  • Macijev, A. G.; Ozdojev, I. A.; Džamalxanov, Z. D. (1962), Нохчийн-гӏалгӏайн-оьрсийн словарь / Чеченско-ингушско-русский словарь [Chechen–Ingush–Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 81a
  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “ка”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 83a
  • Bekova, A. I.; et al. (2009), “ка”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 361b

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *kapʰʌ ~ *kapʰʌŋ ~ *kapʰʌn (weave, knit, crochet, infinitive verb), further derived from Proto-Yeniseian *pʰʌ (spin, wind, weave, infinitive verb).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹ka/, [kaˑ˧]

Verb

ка () (action nominal)

  1. weaving, the act of weaving; braiding, the act of braiding; knitting, the act of knitting; crocheting, the act of crocheting

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 383

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 417
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 223

Macedonian

Etymology

Clipping of као (kao).

Interjection

ка • (ka)

  1. shoo (used on cattle)

Pronoun

ка • (ka)

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) to go to
    Ка до купатило.
    Ka do kupatilo.
    I need to go to the bathroom.

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ка (ka).

Pronunciation

Noun

ка • (ka)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter К/к.

See also

Russian

Pronunciation

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Noun

ка • (kan (indeclinable)

  1. the Cyrillic letter К, к
  2. the Latin letter K, k

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

ка (Latin spelling ka) (+ dative case)

  1. alternative form of к