kra

kra

1. The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.

kra

1. A long-tailed macaque of India and Sumatra, reddish-olive in colour with black spots and tail.

• AKR, Ark, Ark., KAR, RAK, RKA, ark, kar

In Old Czech, this word meant “a piece of rock or other material”; derived from Proto-Slavic *jьkra (“roe; calf of leg”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkra]

kra f

1. floe, iceberg
2. (geomorphology) fault block

• “kra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• ꨆꨴꨩ

• IPA^(key): /kraː/

kra

1. monkey

kra

1. something; anything
2. nothing

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra. Doublet of ikra.

kra f

1. ice floe

Onomatopoeic.

kra

1. caw (cry of a crow or raven)

• kra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

akr, kar, rak

Abbreviation of cara

kra m (plural kras)

1. (Internet slang) guy

   O kra eh foda! ― The guy is awesome!

• IPA^(key): [kra]

kra

1. genitive singular of ker

• akra

From Twi Akan akra (“soul”)^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kɾa/, [kɾa̠], [kɾɑ̟]

kra

1. soul, spirit; in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, a spiritual entity, representing the supreme creator Anana, who determines an individual's life and returns to its origin upon the individual's death, ceasing interaction with the world of the living
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[2], New York: Columbia University Press, page 240:

     Lei̯si nąŋga mɔrsu meki yu 'kra gowɛ libi yu.

     Laziness and nastiness caused your soul to leave you.

   • 1970 March 11, P. Marlee, “Lees: Sranan, moks'alesi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname‎^[3], page 1:

     gwe foe Afobaka, go na hé / dan te na sibiboesi krin joe kra / fas joe roetoe tap tafra-bergi lek wan boa / opo wan makti kankantri-sten / gi na njoen Sranan brokodé

     away from Afobaka, go upwards / until a cloudburst cleanses your soul / fasten your roots on the table mount like a boa / raise a mighty cotton tree voice / for the dawn of the new Suriname

• dyodyo (“soul, spirit; a spiritual entity linked to the birthplace of an individual who acts as guardian of this or several individuals”)
• yorka (“soul, spirit, ghost; a spiritual entity specific to an individual that can remain among the living upon the death of the individual, in a benign or malicious manner”)
• yeye
• sili