kaa

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Translingual

Symbol

kaa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Karakalpak.

See also

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaː/
  • Hyphenation: kaa

Pronoun

káa

  1. Full form of

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Choctaw

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kaa

  1. car

East Central German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare East Central German kein.

Pronoun

kaa

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) no; not a(n); not one; not any

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 70:

Estonian

Noun

kaa (genitive , partitive )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Shortened form of kanssa (with), cognate with Estonian -ga.

Postposition

kaa

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (with)
    mun kavereitten kaawith my friends
    munkaawith me
    sunkaawith you
    senkaawith her/him/it/them

Etymology 2

Finnish numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → ,
    Cardinal: kaksi
    Colloquial counting form: kaa
    Ordinal: toinen
    Colloquial ordinal: toka
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2., 2:nen
    Digit name: kakkonen
    Adverbial: kahdesti
    Multiplier: kaksinkertainen
    Distributive: kaksittain
    Fractional: puolikas

From the initial syllable of kaksi (two).

Numeral

kaa (colloquial)

  1. (counting) two
    Yy, kaa, koo, nee, vii
    One, two, three, four, five
Declension

Indeclinable. The inflected forms of kaksi are used instead.

See also

Garo

Etymology

Analyzable as ka- ('to tie') + -a (verb forming suffix) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

kaa (combining form ka-) (transitive)

  1. to tie, tie with string or flexible bamboo strips
  2. to put on, wear a turban
  3. to build by tying (of a fence, barrier in streams)
  4. to make friends

Derived terms

References

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 328

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʔa/
  • Rhymes: -aʔa
  • Syllabification: ka‧a

Pronoun

kaa (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜠ) (literary)

  1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonyms: ako, (literary) ho, (literary) hom

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 131

Jamaican Creole

Conjunction

kaa

  1. because (for the reason that)
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:2:
      Im se, “Ton we fram unu sin, kaa di die suun kom wen evn a-go ruul uova di worl iina evri wie!”
      He [John the Baptist] said: "Atone for your sins, because the day will soon come when Heaven will completely rule over the world!"

Mori Bawah

Verb

kaa

  1. to eat

References

  • The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Etymology

From English cannot.

Verb

kaa

  1. cannot
    kaa yuuset enisaid aels — you cannot use it anywhere else

References

  • Sebba, Mark. Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles. p140.

Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑː/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kaa class V (plural makaa class VI)

  1. coal, charcoal
    Synonym: mkaa
  2. ember

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-jìkada, extensive form of *-jìka.

Pronunciation

Verb

-kaa (infinitive kukaa)

  1. to sit
  2. to stay, to live
  3. (clothing) to fit
Conjugation
Conjugation of -kaa
Positive present -nakaa
Subjunctive -kae
Negative -kai
Imperative singular kaa
Infinitives
Positive kukaa
Negative kutokaa
Imperatives
Singular kaa
Plural kaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukaa
Positive past positive subject concord + -likaa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakaa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakaa/nakaa tunakaa
2nd person unakaa mnakaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakaa wanakaa
other classes positive subject concord + -nakaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kai)
Singular Plural
1st person sikai hatukai
2nd person hukai hamkai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakai hawakai
other classes negative subject concord + -kai
Positive future positive subject concord + -takaa
Negative future negative subject concord + -takaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kae)
Singular Plural
1st person nikae tukae
2nd person ukae mkae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akae wakae
other classes positive subject concord + -kae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekaa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekaa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikaa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akaa)
Singular Plural
1st person nakaa twakaa
2nd person wakaa mwakaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akaa wakaa
m-mi(III/IV) wakaa yakaa
ji-ma(V/VI) lakaa yakaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakaa vyakaa
n(IX/X) yakaa zakaa
u(XI) wakaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakaa
pa(XVI) pakaa
mu(XVIII) mwakaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekaa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakaa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakaa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikaa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokaa
Consecutive kakaa / positive subject concord + -kakaa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakae
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -kaa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kaaye -kaao
m-mi(III/IV) -kaao -kaayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kaalo -kaayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kaacho -kaavyo
n(IX/X) -kaayo -kaazo
u(XI) -kaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kaako
pa(XVI) -kaapo
mu(XVIII) -kaamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kaa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekaa -okaa
m-mi(III/IV) -okaa -yokaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokaa -yokaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokaa -vyokaa
n(IX/X) -yokaa -zokaa
u(XI) -okaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokaa
pa(XVI) -pokaa
mu(XVIII) -mokaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *nkádá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɑː/ (in dialects with phonemic aspiration)
  • IPA(key): /kɑː/ (in other dialects)
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

kaa class IX (plural kaa class X)

  1. crab

Totontepec Mixe

Noun

kaa

  1. bull

Võro

Noun

kaa (genitive , partitive )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

Shortened from kaaz. Compare Finnish kaa.

Pronunciation

Adverb

kaa

  1. too, likewise

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Káà

Possibly from Baatonum karà (garden, fence)

Pronunciation

Noun

káà

  1. inner courtyard
    Synonyms: àgbàlá, ọrọ́wá, àkòdì
  2. (anatomy) cavity
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Káà

From English car.

Pronunciation

Noun

káà

  1. car
    Synonyms: ọkọ̀, mọ́tò