ká

ká

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ká]

Noun

ká

1. crab

References

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː/

Noun

ká n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.
2. (informal) (he/she/it) regrets

Further reading

• ká in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ká in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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.

   Káið tá í vegin kom.

   Something has cropped up.

Declension

Declension of ká
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

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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.

Declension

declension of ká

n-s	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

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Min Nan

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

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Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkǣ/

Noun

ká vocative (stem form)

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

Related terms

• kána
• ká’ȕ

Usage notes

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