Ka

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Transitive verb 1.3.2 References 2 Albanian 2.1 Verb 2.2 Usage 3 Bosnian 3.1 Preposition 3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Japanese 4.1 Romaji 5 Latvian 5.1 Pronoun 6 Serbian 6.1 Preposition 6.1.1 See also 6.1.2 Synonyms

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /kɑ:/

Etymology 1

Egyptian k3.

Noun

ka

1. a spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death

   • 1983: Then, I wondered how long I must wait before seeing my Double, but if I recalled, the Ka was not supposed to appear before the seventy days of embalming were done. — Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

Etymology 2

From the Latin phrase fricantem frica

Transitive verb

ka (inflections not attested)

1. To serve, in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee".

   quotations:

   • "Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world." — Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth

References

• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

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Albanian

Verb

ka

1. to have

Usage

• kam - I have

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Bosnian

Preposition

ka

1. to
2. toward

Synonyms

• k

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Japanese

Romaji

ka (か)

1. か: question particle; or; hiragana letter ka
2. カ: katakana letter ka

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Latvian

Pronoun

ka

1. that

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Serbian

Preposition

ka

1. to
2. toward

See also

• ка

Synonyms

• kfr:ka

io:ka ku:ka la:ka hu:ka nl:ka ja:ka pl:ka ru:ka fi:ka zh:ka