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kā

kā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ka"

Hawaiian

Preposition

kā

of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, a-type

kā lāua mau keiki their children

kā Kimo kālā Kimo's money

See also

Hawaiian possessive pronouns

The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions.

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			koʻu, kaʻu kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type)	ko māua, kā māua (exclusive) ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive)	ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive) ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive)
2nd person			kou, kāu kō (affectionate, o- and a-type)	ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua	ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
3rd person			kona, kāna	ko lāua, kā lāua	ko lākou, kā lākou

Japanese

Romanization

kā

rōmaji reading of かあ

Latvian

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): [kâː]

Adverb

kā

as soon as

Conjunction

kā

as
since

Particle

kā

as
like

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): [kāː]

Pronoun

kā

genitive form of kas

Noun

kā m (invariable)

The Latvian name of the Latin script letter K/k.

See also

Latvian letter names:
a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (E), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

Mandarin

Romanization

kā (Zhuyin ㄎㄚ)

Pinyin transcription of 咖
Pinyin transcription of 啸

Tongan

Noun

kā

car