kaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaa"

Translingual

Symbol

kaa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Karakalpak.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Karakalpak terms

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː/ [ˈkaː]
• Hyphenation: kaa

Pronoun

káa

1. Full form of ká

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Choctaw

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kaa

1. car

East Central German

Alternative forms

• kee

Etymology

Compare East Central German kein.

Pronoun

kaa

1. (Erzgebirgisch) no; not a(n); not one; not any

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[2], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 70:

Estonian

Noun

kaa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː/, [ˈkɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): kaa

Etymology 1

Shortened form of kanssa (“with”), cognate with Estonian -ga.

Postposition

kaa

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (“with”)

   mun kavereitten kaa ― with my friends

   munkaa ― with me

   sunkaa ― with you

   senkaa ― with her/him/it/them

Etymology 2

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: kaksi     Colloquial counting form: kaa     Ordinal: toinen     Colloquial ordinal: toka     Ordinal abbreviation: 2., 2:nen     Digit name: kakkonen     Adverbial: kahdesti     Multiplier: kaksinkertainen     Distributive: kaksittain     Fractional: puolikas
Finnish Wikipedia article on 2

From the initial syllable of kaksi (“two”).

Numeral

kaa (colloquial)

1. (counting) two

   Yy, kaa, koo, nee, vii

   One, two, three, four, five

Declension

Indeclinable. The inflected forms of kaksi are used instead.

See also

• kaksi (“two”)

Garo

Etymology

Analyzable as ka- ('to tie') + -a (verb forming suffix) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

kaa (combining form ka-) (transitive)

1. to tie, tie with string or flexible bamboo strips
2. to put on, wear a turban
3. to build by tying (of a fence, barrier in streams)
4. to make friends

Derived terms

• katoma
• kachapa
• kajreta
• karaka

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[3], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 328

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔa/ [ˈka.ʔa]
• Rhymes: -aʔa
• Syllabification: ka‧a

Pronoun

kaa (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜠ) (literary)

1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me

   Synonyms: ako, (literary) ho, (literary) hom

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 131

Jamaican Creole

Conjunction

kaa

1. because (for the reason that)
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:2:

     Im se, “Ton we fram unu sin, kaa di die suun kom wen evn a-go ruul uova di worl iina evri wie!”

     He [John the Baptist] said: "Atone for your sins, because the day will soon come when Heaven will completely rule over the world!"

Mori Bawah

Verb

kaa

1. to eat

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Etymology

From English cannot.

Verb

kaa

1. cannot

   kaa yuuset enisaid aels — you cannot use it anywhere else

References

• Sebba, Mark. Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles. p140.

Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑː/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

kaa class V (plural makaa class VI)

1. coal, charcoal

   Synonym: mkaa

2. ember

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-jìkada, extensive form of *-jìka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑː/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-kaa (infinitive kukaa)

1. to sit
2. to stay, to live
3. (clothing) to fit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kaa
Positive present -nakaa Subjunctive -kae Negative -kai Imperative singular kaa
Infinitives
Positive kukaa Negative kutokaa
Imperatives
Singular kaa Plural kaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukaa Positive past positive subject concord + -likaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakaa/nakaa tunakaa 2nd person unakaa mnakaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakaa wanakaa other classes positive subject concord + -nakaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kai) Singular Plural 1st person sikai hatukai 2nd person hukai hamkai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakai hawakai other classes negative subject concord + -kai
Positive future positive subject concord + -takaa Negative future negative subject concord + -takaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kae) Singular Plural 1st person nikae tukae 2nd person ukae mkae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akae wakae other classes positive subject concord + -kae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akaa) Singular Plural 1st person nakaa twakaa 2nd person wakaa mwakaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akaa wakaa m-mi(III/IV) wakaa yakaa ji-ma(V/VI) lakaa yakaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakaa vyakaa n(IX/X) yakaa zakaa u(XI) wakaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakaa pa(XVI) pakaa mu(XVIII) mwakaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokaa Consecutive kakaa / positive subject concord + -kakaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakae Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -kaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kaaye -kaao m-mi(III/IV) -kaao -kaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kaalo -kaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kaacho -kaavyo n(IX/X) -kaayo -kaazo u(XI) -kaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kaako pa(XVI) -kaapo mu(XVIII) -kaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekaa -okaa m-mi(III/IV) -okaa -yokaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokaa -yokaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokaa -vyokaa n(IX/X) -yokaa -zokaa u(XI) -okaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokaa pa(XVI) -pokaa mu(XVIII) -mokaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kalia
  • Causative: -kalisha, -kaza
  • Passive: -kaliwa (“to be sat on”)
  • Stative: -kalika

• Nominal derivations:
  • kao
  • kikao
  • ukao

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *nkádá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɑː/ (in dialects with phonemic aspiration)
• IPA^(key): /kɑː/ (in other dialects)

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

kaa class IX (plural kaa class X)

1. crab

Totontepec Mixe

Noun

kaa

1. bull

Võro

Noun

kaa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

Shortened from kaaz. Compare Finnish kaa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː/, [ˈkɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: kaa

Adverb

kaa

1. too, likewise

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Káà

Possibly from Baatonum karà (“garden, fence”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káà/

Noun

káà

1. inner courtyard

   Synonyms: àgbàlá, ọrọ́wá, àkòdì

2. (anatomy) cavity

Derived terms

• káà ẹnu (“oral cavity”)
• káà imú (“nasal cavity”)

Etymology 2

Káà

From English car.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káà/

Noun

káà

1. car

   Synonyms: ọkọ̀, mọ́tò