ka-
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
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ka-
- Alternative form of ker-
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Anagrams Edit
Bikol Central Edit
Etymology Edit
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ka-
- Forms a noun that denotes partnership or companionship; co-
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Cebuano Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Prefix Edit
ka-
- Forms a noun that denotes partnership or companionship; co-
Etymology 2 Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
- Added to an adjective, forms a noun that denotes a state of being; -ness
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Japanese Edit
Romanization Edit
ka-
Kangean Edit
Pronunciation Edit
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ka- (verb base)
- accidental aspect of the passive intransitive verb
Minangkabau Edit
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ka-
- Used to form ordinal numbers
Mohawk Edit
Prefix Edit
ka-
- third person feminine/neuter agent pronominal prefix
Alternative forms Edit
- | Initial consonant | ||||||
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Environment | t/s/h/k | n/r/w/’ | a | e/en | o/on | i | y |
Word-Initial | ka- | ka- | w- | w- | i- | ken- | ka- |
Prefix Edit
ka-
- noun prefix
References Edit
- Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 9
- Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages 173
Northern Ndebele Edit
Etymology Edit
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ka-
Old High German Edit
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ka-
Phuthi Edit
Etymology Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
- -ly; forms adverbs of manner from adjectives and relatives.
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South Efate Edit
Etymology Edit
Probably related to South Efate go
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
ka-
- and (forms dependent verbs)
Southern Ndebele Edit
Etymology Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
Swahili Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1 Edit
Prefix Edit
ka-
- third-person singular animate (m class(I)) recent-past perfective marker
- 2013, “Rais Obama kaondoka, tusirudie maisha ya aibu”, in Mwananchi[1]:
- Rais Obama kaondoka, tusirudie maisha ya aibu
- President Obama has left, let us not return to a life of shame
See also Edit
Swahili TAM markers | |
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Initial | |
Positive infinitive | ku-/kw-1 |
Negative infinitive | kuto- |
Habitual | hu-1 |
Telegrammic | ka-1 |
Final | |
General (positive indicative) | -a |
Positive subjunctive | -e |
Negative present | -i |
Second person plural | -ni |
Infix position positive subject concord | |
Positive past | -li- |
Positive present | -na- |
Positive future | -ta- |
Negative subjunctive | -si-1 |
Positive present conditional | -nge- |
Negative present conditional | -singe- |
Positive past conditional | -ngali- |
Negative past conditional | -singali- |
Gnomic | -a-1 |
Perfect | -me- |
"Already" past | -lisha- |
"Already" present | -mesha-/-sha- |
"If/When" | -ki-1 |
"If not" | -sipo- |
Consecutive | -ka-1 |
Infix position negative subject concord | |
Negative past | -ku-1 |
Negative future | -ta- |
"Not yet" | -ja-1 |
Negative present conditional | -nge- |
Negative past conditional | -ngali- |
Relative | |
Past | -li- |
Present | -na- |
Future | -taka- |
Negative | -si- |
1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-/-kw- in monosyllabic verbs. |
Etymology 2 Edit
Ultimately from Proto-Bantu *kà-.
Prefix Edit
ka-
- (colloquial or dialect, nonstandard) noun class 12 prefix, used with a diminutive or depreciative meaning
Swazi Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
- -ly; forms adverbs of manner from adjectives and relatives.
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
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ka-
Tagalog Edit
Etymology Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka- (Baybayin spelling ᜃ)
- implies companionship or partnership when prefixed to a root
- implies similarity or interaction when prefixed to a root noun
- implies repeated action when prefixed to a root that repeats the first syllable
- implies causing or producing something in an extreme degree when prefixed to a root that repeats the first two syllables
- ka- + galang (“respect”) → kagalang-galang (“inspiring great respect”)
- ka- + paniwala (“belief”) → kapani-paniwala (“very plausible”)
- implies recent action when prefixed to a root that repeats the first syllable and followed by lang or lamang
Derived terms Edit
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Xhosa Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
- -ly; forms adverbs of manner from adjectives and relatives.
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
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ka-
Zulu Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
- -ly; forms adverbs of manner from adjectives and relatives.
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
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Prefix Edit
ká-
Etymology 3 Edit
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Prefix Edit
ka-
- Alternative form of ma- (hortative)
References Edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ka-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ka-”