ká

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ká]

Noun

ká

1. crab

Verb

ká

1. to cut open, to operate (surgery)

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaː]

Etymology 1

Noun

ká n (indeclinable)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

ká

1. (informal) third-person singular present of kát

Further reading

• “ká”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ká”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin kā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰɔaː]

Noun

ká n (genitive singular kás, plural ká)

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

   Káið tá í vegin kom.

   Something has cropped up.

Declension

n4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ká	káið	ká	káini
accusative	ká	káið	ká	káini
dative	ká, kái	kánum	káum	káunum
genitive	kás	kásins	káa	káanna

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ká – see 絞 (“to twist; to wring; to wind; to intertwine; to grind; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 絞).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaː]
• Hyphenation: ká

Noun

ká

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ká	kák
accusative	kát	kákat
dative	kának	káknak
instrumental	kával	kákkal
causal-final	káért	kákért
translative	kává	kákká
terminative	káig	kákig
essive-formal	káként	kákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kában	kákban
superessive	kán	kákon
adessive	kánál	káknál
illative	kába	kákba
sublative	kára	kákra
allative	kához	kákhoz
elative	kából	kákból
delative	káról	kákról
ablative	kától	káktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	káé	káké
non-attributive possessive - plural	káéi	kákéi

Possessive forms of ká
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kám	káim
2nd person sing.	kád	káid
3rd person sing.	kája	kái
1st person plural	kánk	káink
2nd person plural	kátok	káitok
3rd person plural	kájuk	káik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• k in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Noun

ká n (genitive singular kás, nominative plural ká)

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

Declension

Declension of ká (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ká	káið	ká	káin
accusative	ká	káið	ká	káin
dative	kái	káinu	káum	káunum
genitive	kás	kásins	káa	káanna

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ⁵⁵/

• Audio:

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Noun

ká

1. (Patsho) traditional basket made from bamboo or cane.

   Lüsou toh piuliam nü ka tsumkü shimkü tsoh liam nye.

   This year We harvested the crop over a hundred of baskets only.

Numeral

ká

1. (Patsho) numerical value one thousand(1,000) .

   Ei tah jütsho-oh chai ka tsak akiuho tü shau nye.

   My son asked me to give one thousand rupees.

Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkǣ/

Noun

ká vocative (stem form)

1. (diminutive) mommy (used by very young children to mother)

Usage notes

• ká has much the same meaning and usage as káʼȕ except that ká is used at a very young age.

Related terms

• kána
• káʼȕ