Standard Lemma guide

ka

name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kɑː/
  • rhymes with -ɑː
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of Karnataka: a state of India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of King's Arms, a pub in Oxford.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Qualifier: Oxford University slang

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The aspect of a person’s soul or being that sustains their existence, roughly the life-force, sometimes pictured as a double of the person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Egyptian

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: ha

4

noun

Meaning 4

The name of the Cyrillic script letter К / к.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of known associate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang

Topics: government, law-enforcement

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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7

noun

Meaning 7

unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: Hindu deity

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.

Origin uncertain.