Ka

//kɑː// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
"Then, I wondered how long I must wait before seeing my Double, but if I recalled, the Ka was not supposed to appear before the seventy days of embalming were done."
2
The name of the Cyrillic script letter К / к.
3
Initialism of known associate. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang

Verb

1
To serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof. obsolete, transitive
"Now nature stood ever on this point, Kæ mee Ile kæ thee, and ever ready to bee even alwaies on recompences and vicissitude of things, and to give as good as one brings."

Proper Noun

1
Abbreviation of Karnataka: a state of India. abbreviation, alt-of
2
Initialism of King's Arms, a pub in Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

Antonyms

ha

Example

"I'm Josef Patočka and I work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

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