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Ca
ca
ca
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"
English
Alternative forms
- see circa
Adverb
ca (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of circa.
- 2004 During glacial times, a stretch of level plain joined Australia with New Guinea and enabled humans to walk into Australia. That plain flooded to form the Gulf of Carpentaria, between ca 12,000 and 10,000 ybp. - Wikipedia article on Deluge (mythology)
Translations
abbreviation of circa — see ca.
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the sequence of article sa + të[1].
Pronoun
ca
Related terms
References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, pages 44-45
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka/
Etymology 1
From Latin canis, canem, from Proto-Italic *kō (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (accusative *ḱwónm̥).
Noun
ca m (plural cans)
Usage notes
- This term is used in Catalonia or Valencia only in stock phrases, with gos (feminine gossa) being the term generally used for a dog.
- In the Balearics, ca has retained its use as the primary word for a dog. However, instead of a feminine of ca, *cana, being used for a female dog, in the Balearics, cussa, the feminine of cus (“little dog”) is used.
- Note also that those breeds of dogs that originated in the Balearics use ca and not gos to form name of the breed.
Synonyms
- gos m
Hyponyms
- (Balearics) cus m (“little dog”), (Balearics) cussa f (“female dog”)
- gos m (“male dog”), gossa f (“female dog”)
Derived terms
Terms derived from ca
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Etymology 2
Noun
ca f (plural cas)
Usage notes
The letter K is not used in native Catalan words and thus its presence in a word is a fairly reliable indicator of a recent import.
Classical Nahuatl
Particle
ca
- Used to mark the word(s) that it modifies as an affirmative predicate.
Galician
Conjunction
ca
- than
- As miñas irmás son máis altas ca min.
- My sisters are taller than I am.
- As miñas irmás son máis altas ca min.
Derived terms
Mandarin
Romanization
ca
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Nahuatl
Verb
ca
- to be in a location
Usage notes
Ca is an irregular verb; its plural form is cate.
Particle
ca
Used in affirmative statements.
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Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka/
Adverb
ca
Conjunction
ca
- than (comparison beetween adjectives only)
Pronoun
ca
Romanian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a
Etymology 1
From Latin quam. The expression ca și may derive from Latin quasi.
Adverb
ca
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Conjunction
ca
- (obsolete) because
- (followed by să) in order to
Synonyms
Romansch
Alternative forms
Conjunction
ca
Scots
Pronunciation
Verb
ca (third-person singular present cas, present participle cain, past ca'd, past participle ca'd)
Derived terms
Contraction
ca
- (some Scots dialects) can't;
- That ca be him!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- That ca be him!
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka/
Etymology 1
From ¡quia!.
Interjection
ca
- (Spain) Denotes incredulity or negation; oh no!
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Conjunction
ca
- (obsolete) because
Etymology 3
Apocope of casa.
Noun
ca f (plural cas)
- (colloquial) house
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˧˥]
Etymology 1
Noun
ca
- mug (about 1/4 liter)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 歌 (“song”)
Verb
ca
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ca hát, ca từ, ca nhạc, ca ngợi, ngợi ca
Etymology 3
Noun
ca
Etymology 4
Noun
ca
Welsh
Alternative forms
- (first-person singular future): caf (literary)
- (second-person singular imperative): cei, cymer (colloquial)
Verb
ca
- (colloquial) first-person singular future of cael
- (literary) second-person singular imperative of cael
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
ca | ga | ngha | cha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |