cà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Emilian

Alternative forms

• chèśa (Bolognese)

Noun

cà f

1. house

Synonyms

• abitasiòun (Carpigiano)
• abitasiòṅ (Mirandolese)

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Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian casa, from Latin.

Noun

cà f

1. house

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Mandarin

Romanization

cà (Zhuyin ㄘㄚˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 囃
2. Pinyin transcription of 磣

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Portuguese

Adverb

cà (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of cá

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩]

• Audio (Ho Chi Minh City)

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *gaː; non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 茄 (SV: gia).

Noun

(classifier quả, trái) cà • (𣘁, 𪲾, 𫈥, 𫉸)

1. nightshade

Derived terms

• cà pháo (“African eggplant”)
• cà chua (“tomato”)
• cà tím (“eggplant”)

Etymology 2

Possibly related to cạ.

Verb

cà

1. to rub

Etymology 3

Prefix

cà

1. repetitive prefix used for some verbs