k'a

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

k'at

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼeˑ. Cognate with Ahtna kʼae, and possibly related to Lower Tanana k'e (“on”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʼæ/, /qʼæ/

Noun

k'a

(areal noun) cavity, hole, depression, pit, opening
trace (of something absent)

Derived terms

benh k'a (“lake bed”)
ch'enk'a (“opening in a snare fence”)
ch'wxk'ah (“subsequently”)
k'aghw (“back, reversing”)
k'atl'ot (“at the bottom/corner”)
-k'ats'agha' (“armpit”)
-kok'a (“wound, sore”)
-lok'a (“palm of hand”)
-nak'a (“eye socket”)
naxk'adi (“game lookout”)
nedats'e xwk'a (“how much”)
nedats'e xwk'a etltonh (“how much does it cost?”)
niɬk'a (“both sides, in all directions”)
tok'a (“timbered lowlands”)
tok'adi (“bald eagle”)
tso k'a (“cellar”)
tth'enh k'at (“grave, cemetery”)
tu k'a (“water hole”)
wk'at (“eddy”)
xwk'a (“cheaply”)
xwk'ateghw (“according to plan”)
xwk'ateghw (“in order”)

Root

k'a

to shoot a gun

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative	k'a	k'a	k'a	k'a
Semelfactive	k'a	k'a	k'a	k'a
Neuter	k'at	k'at	k'at	k'at
Durative	k'at	k'at	k'at	k'at
Semelfactive	k'at	k'at	k'at	k'at

Derived terms

dink'a (“gun”)

Postposition

k'a (third-person singular form bek'a)

wanting, lacking
in love with
yek'a dedeyok ― he fell in love with her

Derived terms

k'a'a (“short of, failing to reach”)
k'a dent'a (“to love”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 250-253

Zuni

Noun

k'a

water

References

David A. Gregory, David R. Wilcox, Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis (2015)