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-ka

-ka

See also: ka- and Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Curripaco

Suffix

-ka

  1. progressive tense marker
    nuiraka : I am drinking

Reference

  • Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, ISBN 0199238383), page 398

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-ka

  1. Appended to words to create a feminine version of a noun, especially a profession, origin, or proper name.
  2. Appended to words to create a diminutive form of a noun.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Czech_words_suffixed_with_-ka'>Czech words suffixed with -ka</a>

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric, compare to Finnish -kka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɒ]

Suffix

-ka

  1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a word to express smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment. When added to present participles, it can also express the instrument or place of the action indicated in the base word.
    cukor ‎(“sugar”) → cukorka ‎(“candy”)
    asztal ‎(“table”) → asztalka ‎(“small table”)
    jár ‎(“to walk”) → járó ‎(“walking”) → járóka ‎(“playpen”)

Usage notes

  • (diminutive suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -ka is added to back vowel words
    -ke is added to front vowel words

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-ka'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ka</a>

See also

  • -cska
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Japanese

Romanization

-ka

  1. rōmaji reading of か

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-ka

  1. added to masculine nouns to form a feminine
  2. added to feminine nouns to form a diminutive

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Lower_Sorbian_words_suffixed_with_-ka'>Lower Sorbian words suffixed with -ka</a>

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-ka f

  1. feminine noun suffix
  2. diminutive noun suffix

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Polish_words_suffixed_with_-ka'>Polish words suffixed with -ka</a>

Suffix

-ka n, n pl

  1. genitive singular of -ko
  2. nominative plural of -ko
  3. vocative plural of -ko

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-ka ‎(Cyrillic spelling -ка)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name.

See also

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-ka

  1. Denotes that the word is a feminine version of the word it is appended to.
    Talian (m, an Italian man) + -ka = Talianka (f, an Italian woman)
  2. Sometimes denotes a word as a diminutive
    mucha (f, a fly) + -ka = muška (f, a small fly)

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Slovak_words_suffixed_with_-ka'>Slovak words suffixed with -ka</a>

Somali

Suffix

-ka

  1. the

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-ka

  1. added to masculine nouns to form a feminine
  2. added to feminine nouns to form a diminutive

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Upper_Sorbian_words_suffixed_with_-ka'>Upper Sorbian words suffixed with -ka</a>

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