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Kara

Kara

See also: kara, kára, Kára, kära, karā, kāra, kaŗa, and kaŗā

English

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A female given name.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The Papua New Guinean language which has the ISO code 'leu', formerly called Lemakot.

Etymology 3

From Korean 加耶 (伽倻). The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to Kaya,[1] but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.[2]

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The Omotic language which has the ISO code 'kxh' and which is also sometimes called "Karo".

Etymology 5

From Sanskrit கர.

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Anagrams

References

  1. Christopher I. Beckwith, Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives (BRILL, 2007), page 40, n. 27
  2. Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2009: ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2), page 105

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːra/
    Rhymes: -aːra
    Homophone: kara

Proper noun

Kara f

  1. A female given name

Declension


Turkish

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A male given name

kara

kara

See also: Kara, kára, Kára, kära, karā, kāra, kaŗa, and kaŗā

English

Noun

kara (plural karas)

  1. (Sikhism) The bangle worn by Sikhs, to remind the wearer to do God's work, and one of the five Ks.

Anagrams


Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Breton karout and Welsh caru.

Verb

kara (irregular)

  1. to love

Conjugation

Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Pres-fut Imperfect Preterite Conditional Pres-fut Imperfect
1s karav karen keris karsen kyrriv karren -
2s kerydh kares kersys karses kyrri karres kar
3s kar kara karas karsa karro karra kares
1p keryn karen kersyn karsen kerryn karren keryn
2p kerowgh karewgh kersowgh karsewgh kerrowgh karrewgh kerowgh
3p karons karens kersons karsens karrons karrens karens
0 kerir kares karas karsys kyrrer karrys -
Present participle: ow kara
Verbal adjective: kerys

Mutation


Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian caro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Adjective

kara (accusative singular karan, plural karaj, accusative plural karajn)

  1. dear

Derived terms


Finnish

Noun

kara

  1. A dried branch, rib of a leaf or other similar dried part of a plant.
  2. A core (uneaten part) of an apple (also omenankara) or of a similar fruit.
  3. The chuck of a drill or lathe.
  4. A leftover piece from injection molding.
  5. A piece of wood, partly inserted inside the wall, that supports the frame of a window or door.
  6. Short form of koskikara (bird of the genus Cinclus).
  7. The game of carom billiards or carambole.

Declension

Inflection of kara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kara karat
genitive karan karojen
partitive karaa karoja
illative karaan karoihin
singular plural
nominative kara karat
accusative nom. kara karat
gen. karan
genitive karan karojen
karainrare
partitive karaa karoja
inessive karassa karoissa
elative karasta karoista
illative karaan karoihin
adessive karalla karoilla
ablative karalta karoilta
allative karalle karoille
essive karana karoina
translative karaksi karoiksi
instructive karoin
abessive karatta karoitta
comitative karoineen

Synonyms

Anagrams


Gothic

Romanization

kara

  1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰

Hungarian

Etymology

kar + -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Noun

kara

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of kar

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kara
accusative karát
dative karának
instrumental karával
causal-final karáért
translative karává
terminative karáig
essive-formal karaként
essive-modal karául
inessive karában
superessive karán
adessive karánál
illative karába
sublative karára
allative karához
elative karából
delative karáról
ablative karától

Ido

Adjective

kara

  1. dear

Japanese

Romanization

kara

  1. rōmaji reading of から

Latvian

Noun

kara m

  1. genitive singular form of karš

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (wagon), from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (to run).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

kara f (diminutive karka)

  1. cart, wagon

Declension


Mapudungun

Noun

kara (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. city

Synonyms

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Nias

Noun

kara (mutated form gara)

  1. stone

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kar-, perhaps from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin garriō (chatter). Cognate with Old English ċearu, Old High German chara (grief), Old Norse kǫr (sickbed), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara).

Noun

kara f

  1. grief, sorrow
  2. anxiety

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

kara f

  1. punishment
  2. penalty, fine
    kara śmierci capital punishment

Declension

Noun

kara

  1. genitive singular of karo
  2. nominative plural of karo
  3. accusative plural of karo
  4. vocative plural of karo

Rapa Nui

Noun

kara

  1. wing

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈɾɑ/

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (kara, dark, black; land; north), from Proto-Turkic *kara (dark, black).

Adjective

kara (comparative daha kara, superlative en kara)

  1. black, dark
    kara büyüblack magic
  2. brunette
  3. dark skinned
  4. (figuratively) evil, wicked, villainous
  5. (figuratively, archaic) courageous

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

kara (definite accusative karayı, plural karalar)

  1. (colours) black
  2. land, field
    kara göründü!
    land ahoy!
  3. (archaic) north

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     kırmızı, kızıl      yeşil      sarı      bej      beyaz, ak
     kırmızı, al      pembe      turkuaz      limon çürüğü      yavruağzı
     mor      lacivert      turuncu      gri, boz      eflatun
     siyah, kara      mor      kahverengi, boz      gök      mavi,

References


Veps

Noun

kara

  1. bay, inlet

Inflection

Inflection of kara
nominative sing. kara
genitive sing. karan
partitive sing. karad
partitive plur. karoid
singular plural
nominative kara karad
accusative karan karad
genitive karan karoiden
partitive karad karoid
essive-instructive karan karoin
translative karaks karoikš
inessive karas karoiš
elative karaspäi karoišpäi
illative ? karoihe
adessive karal karoil
ablative karalpäi karoilpäi
allative karale karoile
abessive karata karoita
comitative karanke karoidenke
prolative karadme karoidme
approximative I karanno karoidenno
approximative II karannoks karoidennoks
egressive karannopäi karoidennopäi
terminative I ? karoihesai
terminative II karalesai karoilesai
terminative III karassai
additive I ? karoihepäi
additive II karalepäi karoilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), бухта”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Wanyi

Noun

kara

  1. country
  2. stone

References

  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)