# kaa
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Karakalpak terms

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaː/ [ˈkaː]
* Hyphenation: kaa

### Pronoun

káa
* Full form of ká

### 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
* car

## East Central German
### Alternative forms

* kee

### Etymology

Compare East Central German kein.

### Pronoun

kaa
* (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 [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑː/, [ˈkɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: kaa

### Etymology 1

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

#### Postposition

kaa
* (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (“with”)
    mun kavereitten kaa ― with my friends
    munkaa ― with me
    sunkaa ― with you
    senkaa ― with her/him/it/them

### Etymology 2

From the initial syllable of kaksi (“two”).

#### Numeral

kaa (colloquial)
* (counting) two
    Yy, kaa, koo, nee, viiOne, two, three, four, five

##### Declension

Indeclinable. The inflected forms of kaksi are used instead.

#### See also

* kaksi (“two”)

## 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)
* to tie, tie with string or flexible bamboo strips
* to put on, wear a turban
* to build by tying (of a fence, barrier in streams)
* to make friends

#### Derived terms

* katoma
* kachapa
* kajreta
* karaka

### References

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

## Hanunoo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʔa/ [ˈka.ʔa]
* Rhymes: -aʔa
* Syllabification: ka‧a

### Pronoun

kaa (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜠ) (literary)
* 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
* 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
* to eat

### References

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

## Pitcairn-Norfolk
### Etymology

From English cannot.

### Verb

kaa
* 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: /kɑː/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

#### Noun

kaa class V (plural makaa class VI)
* coal, charcoal
    Synonym: mkaa
* ember

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑː/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

#### Verb

-kaa (infinitive kukaa)
* to sit
* to stay, to live, to reside
* (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 future | positive subject concord + -takaa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takaa |
| 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 |
| 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 :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

##### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -kalia
** Causative: -kalisha, -kaza
** Passive: -kaliwa (“to be sat on”)
** Stative: -kalika
* Nominal derivations:
** kao
** kikao
** makazi (“residence”)
** mkazi (“resident”)
** ukao

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *nkádá.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

kaa class IX (plural kaa class X)
* crab

## Totontepec Mixe
### Noun

kaa
* bull

## Võro
### Noun

kaa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* 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

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈkɑː/, [ˈkɑː]
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: kaa

### Adverb

kaa
* 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

Possibly from Baatonum karà (“garden, fence”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /káà/

#### Noun

káà
* inner courtyard
    Synonyms: àgbàlá, ọrọ́wá, àkòdì
* (anatomy) cavity

##### Derived terms

* káà ẹnu (“oral cavity”)
* káà imú (“nasal cavity”)

### Etymology 2

From English car.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /káà/

#### Noun

káà
* car
    Synonyms: ọkọ̀, mọ́tò