kā

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː/

From Proto-Polynesian *taa, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq (“hewing with an adze”).

kā

1. to strike, hit, thrust, dash, hurl (especially with a quick hard stroke)

From Proto-Polynesian *taʻa, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to hold back, keep in reserve”).

kā

1. container
2. hanger

• kā ipu

kā

1. of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, a-type

   kā lāua mau keiki their children

   kā Kimo kālā Kimo's money

kā

1. czar

kā

1. Rōmaji transcription of かあ
2. Rōmaji transcription of カー

• IPA^(key): /kɑ³³/

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kā

1. (Patsho) carry

   Jujie liangkü nongni jam le lü ka va.

   Please carry home this.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkâː]

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kā

1. how
2. as soon as

kā

1. as
2. since

kā

1. as
2. like

• IPA^(key): [ˈkāː]

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kā

1. genitive of kas

• IPA^(key): [ˈkāː]

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kā m (invariable)

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

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

• ka — nonstandard

kā (ka¹, Zhuyin ㄎㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咖
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喀
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啸

From Proto-Polynesian *kaha (“to burn”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻā and Rapa Nui kā.

kā (passive kāinga)

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (stative) to be alight

• kāinga
• kakā
• kāngia
• whakakā

kā

1. to screech

• kākā

Borrowed from English car

kā

1. car

• “kā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Synchronically, as 'thematic' feminine formed on masculine ka (“who”). This feminine formation goes back at least to Proto-Indo-Iranian *káH.

kā f

1. (interrogative) who
2. (interrogative) what
3. (interrogative) which

The pronoun may function as an interrogative adjective.

From Proto-Polynesian *kaha (“to burn”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻā and Maori kā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː/
• Hyphenation: kā

kā

1. (transitive) to kindle

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

kā

1. why? (interrogative)

• IPA^(key): /kaː/

kā

1. car

kā

1. nine