qa

See also: QA, qă, qᵃ̄, .qa, -qa, Q&A, and Q & A

Crimean Tatar

Adverb

qa

(Northern dialect) so where's

Usage notes

Corresponding word in a standard Crimean Tatar: hani

K'iche'

Pronoun

qa

our

References

Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Lushootseed

Alternative forms

qah

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qɑ/

Numeral

qa

a lot, lots, many, much

Sumerian

Romanization

qa

Romanization of 𒋡 (qa)

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa˧/

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned at all by Ratliff. Bears resemblance to Old Chinese 喉 (OC *ɡoː, “throat”) and other words in the area like Vietnamese cổ (“neck”) - perhaps an areal word, and/or a sound-symbolic formation (using guttural velars and uvulars to represent the throat).”

Noun

qa (classifier: tus)

back of the throat
the (inner) throat, vocal cord
Neeg mob qa hais tsis tau lus. ― People with sore throat cannot speak.

Haus luam yeeb ntau ces lub qa yuav puas. ― Smoking too much can ruin your vocal cords.

Derived terms

txhaws qa (“sore throat, swollen stuffy throat”)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned at all by Ratliff. Bears a vague resemblance to Thai กิ้งก่า (gîng-gàa, “lizard”).”

Adjective

qa

pertaining to lizards

Derived terms

nab qa (“lizard”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 255.