# kā
## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaː/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

kā
* to strike, hit, thrust, dash, hurl (especially with a quick hard stroke)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

kā
* container
* hanger

##### Derived terms

* kā ipu

#### Preposition

kā
* of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, a-type
    kā lāua mau keiki their children
    kā Kimo kālā Kimo's money

##### See also
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

kā
* czar

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of kā – see 咬 (“to bite; to snap at; to gnaw”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咬).

## Japanese
### Romanization

kā
* Rōmaji transcription of かあ
* Rōmaji transcription of カー

## Khiamniungan Naga
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑ³³/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

kā
* (Patsho) carry
    Jujie liangkü nongni jam le lü ka va.Please carry home this.

## Latvian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kâː]
* Audio:(file)

#### Adverb

kā
* as soon as

#### Conjunction

kā
* as
* since

#### Particle

kā
* as
* like

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kāː]
* Audio:(file)

#### Pronoun

kā
* genitive of kas

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kāː]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

kā m (invariable)
* The Latvian name of the Latin script letter K/k.

#### See also

* 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)

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* ka — nonstandard

### Romanization

kā (ka$^1$, Zhuyin ㄎㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喀
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啸

## Maori
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

kā
* to burn

##### Derived terms

* kāinga
* kakā
* kāngia
* whakakā

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

kā
* to screech

##### Derived terms

* kākā

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* का (Devanagari script)
* কা (Bengali script)
* කා (Sinhalese script)
* ကာ or ၵႃ (Burmese script)
* กา (Thai script)
* ᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ກາ (Lao script)
* កា (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

kā f
* (interrogative) who
* (interrogative) what
* (interrogative) which

#### Usage notes

The pronoun may function as an interrogative adjective.

#### Declension
## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaː/
* Hyphenation: kā

### Verb

kā
* (transitive) to kindle

### References

* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

## Tocharian B
### Adverb

kā
* why? (interrogative)

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaː/

### Noun

kā
* car

## Zacatepec Chatino
### Numeral

kā
* nine