ca

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of Catalan català or English Catalan.

Symbol

ca

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Catalan.

See also

English

Preposition

ca

  1. Alternative spelling of ca., circa.

Anagrams

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *ciəp.

Noun

ca

  1. belt
  2. band
  3. sling

Verb

ca

  1. to adjoin
  2. to fasten

References

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the contracted form of disa, dsa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sa/

Pronoun

ca (dative cave)

  1. some
    Synonyms: disa, çëdo

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “ca”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana: Akademia e Shkencave e Republikës Popullore të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, page 4

Allentiac

Pronoun

ca (second person singular, plural cacha)

  1. you (second-person singular pronoun)

References

  • Willem F. H. Adelaar; Pieter C. Muysken (2004), Languages of the Andes, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Luis de Valdivia (1607), Doctrina christiana y cathecismo en la lengua allentiac, que corre en la cuidad de S. Iuan de la Frontera, con vn Confessonario [sic], Arte, y Bocabulario breues. Compuesto por el padre Luys de Valdivia de la Compañia de Iesus, de la prouincia del Peru‎[1], En Lima : Por Francisco del Canto.

Alutiiq

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *cu(na)- base, “nothing, anything”

Interjection

ca

  1. I don’t know
    Cacaq ang’aqurtau’u? -Ca.
    What is she carrying? -I don’t know.

References

  • Fortescue, Michael. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Alaska Native Language Center, 2010
  • Leer, Jeff. Classroom Grammar of Koniag Alutiiq, Kodiak Island Dialect, Volume 1, Alaska Native Language Center, 1990

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin quia.

Conjunction

ca

  1. (literary, archaic except in Meridional) because
    Nun mientas, ca dir foi.
    Don't lie, because he did go.
    • c. 1650, Antón de Marirreguera, Dido y Eneas:
      Ca inda son piores q'estudiantes.
      Because they are even worse than students.

Etymology 2

Shortening of casa from Latin casa.

Noun

ca f (plural cas)

  1. (in certain contexts) house
    Taben en ca Xuan
    They were at Xuan's house
Usage notes

The form ca is used only before a proper noun or pronoun, usually the house's owner, and is equivalent to saying "casa de". Additionally, the form "p'en ca" would be equivalent to "pa casa de" (for X's house) and "an ca" would be equivalent to "contra casa de" (towards X's house).

Esta ye ca Antón ― This is Antón's house
Esta casa ye d'Antón ― This house is Antón's
Esta comida ye p'en ca Antón ― This food is for Antón's house
Esta comida ye pa la casa onde vive Antón ― This food is for the house where Antón resides

Adjective

ca

  1. (Central) pronunciation spelling of cada

Adverb

ca

  1. alternative form of acá

Interjection

¡ca!

  1. interjection of negation (no way!) or incredulity
    -¿Vas pa la sablera comigo? -¡Cá! Ye mui peligroso con esti tiempu
    Are you going to the beach with me? -No way! It's too dangerous with this weather

Further reading

  • “ca (conjunction)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • “ca (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • “ca (interjection)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “ca (conjunction)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “ca (noun)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “ca (interjection)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Basay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

ca

  1. one

Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ga (“to roast (singular)”), from Proto-Cerrado *ga (“to roast (singular)”), from Proto-Jê [Term?], from Proto-Macro-Jê *ap .

Pronunciation

Verb

ca (cu-class; non-finite xàr)

  1. roast on embers (singular)
    Incrô na imã tep ca.
    Roast a fish (wrapped up in banana leaves) on the embers for me.

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).

Noun

ca m (plural cans)

  1. dog
    Synonym: gos m
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.
Hyponyms
  • (Balearics) cus m (“little dog”), (Balearics) cussa f (“female dog”)
  • gos m (“male dog”), gossa f (“female dog”)
Derived terms
  • acanissar (“to sic a dog on”)
  • ca de bestiar (“Majorca Shepherd Dog”)
  • ca de bou (“Majorca Mastiff”)
  • ca eivissenc (“Ibizan Hound”)
  • Ca Major (“Canis Major”)
  • ca mè mallorquí (“Majorcan Pointer”)
  • ca petaner
  • ca rater mallorquí (“Majorcan Ratter”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ca f (plural cas)

  1. the letter K (lowercase k)
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.

Etymology 3

Apocopated form of casa. Compare French chez, Spanish ca, Italian ca'.

Particle

ca

  1. the house (of)
    Anem a ca la Maria. ― We are going to Maria’s house.
    Aquell casalot és cal Ramon. ― That mansion is Ramon’s house.
    Parlem català a ca nostra. ― We speak Catalan at our house.
Usage notes
  • When followed by one of the articles el, els, en, and es, the word ca contracts with them into cal, cals, can, and cas, respectively.
Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Verb

ca

  1. To be.

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

ca

  1. fence

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

ca

  1. 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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Dinka

Noun

ca (plural caak)

  1. milk (from cattle)

Hyponyms

  • anuɔu (“colostrum”)
  • areu (“residual milk”)
  • ayok (“milk foam”)
  • duɛt (“milk in one's mouth”)
  • gueer (“fresh milk”)
  • pou (“raw, unpasteurised milk”)

See also

  • ajiɛ̈p, amuc (“milk gourd”)
  • anuat, aŋath (“curdled milk, cheese”)
  • cɛkweŋ (“milk cow”)
  • dany (“to milk”)
  • döu (“to be dry (of cattle)”)
  • muk, muok (“to churn (of milk)”)
  • nuät (“to coagulate (of milk)”)
  • nyath (“cream”)
  • rak, raak, rɔk, rɔ̈ɔ̈k (“to milk”)
  • rar (“milkless cow”)
  • wuɔk (“to thin (of milk)”)

References

  • Roger Blench (2005), Dinka-English Dictionary‎[2], page 33

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ca

Adverb

ca

  1. (Valverdeñu) alternative form of acá (“here”)

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 71

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *caqa, from Proto-Oceanic *saqat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zaqat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zaqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ða/

Adjective

ca

  1. bad, evil, wicked (morally wrong or reprehensible)
    Antonym: vinaka
    E ca na nona itovo.
    His/her behavior is bad.
  2. harmful, destructive, injurious (causing damage)
    E ca na mate kei na dredre.
    Disease and difficulty are harmful.
  3. ruined, damaged (in poor condition)
    Sa ca na itikotiko mai na gauna ni cagilaba.
    The settlement was ruined after the hurricane.

Noun

ca

  1. evil, badness, wickedness (immoral or harmful quality)
    Na ca e tiko e vuravura.
    Evil exists in the world.
  2. harm, damage, injury (measure of something not being intact)
    Synonym: vakacaca
    Na mate e kauta mai na ca.
    Illness brings harm.
  3. calamity, disaster (event resulting in great loss)
    Era vakayalia na nodra veikau ena ca oqo.
    They lost their forest in this disaster.

Verb

ca (transitive cata) (intransitive)

  1. to hate, to detest, to loathe (to dislike intensely)
    Antonym: lomana
    Au cata na lasulasu.
    I hate lies.
  2. to dislike, to not like (to have a feeling of aversion or antipathy)
    Era cata na ka mamaca.
    They dislike dry things.

Derived terms

  • cabacaba (“unkempt, disheveled, ill-behaved”)
  • caca (“to exaggerate, to overuse superlatives”)
  • catacata ni mate (“hate to die”) (Lau)
  • icaca (“potsherd, broken pieces”)
  • vakacaca (“to damage, to destroy”)
  • vakacacali (“things to be remembered, literature”)
  • cala (“mistake, error”)

References

  • Gatty, Ronald (2009), “ca”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[3], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 37

French

Preposition

ca

  1. abbreviation of circa

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin quam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐ]

Conjunction

ca

  1. than
    Synonym: ca non
    As miñas irmás son máis altas ca min.
    My sisters are taller than I am.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese ca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin quia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐ]

Conjunction

ca

  1. (archaic) because, since

References

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃáː/, /t͡ʃâː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [t͡ʃáː], [t͡ʃâː]

Ideophone

cā or câ

  1. splattering of boiling fat

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsa/

Determiner

ca (plural ci)

  1. alternative form of ica (“this”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 炒 (chhá, “to stir fry; to sauté”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ca (plural ca-ca)

  1. a kind of sautéed dish

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Preposition

ca

  1. abbreviation of circa

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from a combination of Latin quam and quia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka/°[1]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: cà

Conjunction

ca

  1. (archaic or dialectal) that, because

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): **/ˈka/*[1]
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

ca m or f (invariable)

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ca” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Kato

Noun

ca

  1. moon

References

  • Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1912. Elements of the Kato Language. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, volume 11, number 1

Kayan

Noun

ca

  1. brown.

Noun

ca

  1. uncle, aunt.

Adjective

ca

  1. brown.

Ladin

Adverb

ca

  1. (Gherdëina) hither, to this place, to here, to me/us

Antonyms

  • da oradecà
  • caprò
  • docà
  • ca tlo

Linngithigh

Noun

ca

  1. language
  2. speech

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *tsaŋ¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꊿ (co).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tsʰa³³]

Noun

ca

  1. (Yao'an) person; people

Mandarin

Romanization

ca

  1. nonstandard spelling of cā
  2. nonstandard spelling of cǎ
  3. nonstandard spelling of cà

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *r-kaː. Cognate with Vietnamese gà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː¹/

Noun

ca

  1. (Mường Bi) chicken
    tàn ca ― a flock of chickens

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002), Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎[4], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Variant of che, from Latin quid, quod. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ca

  1. what

Conjunction

ca

  1. than (comparison between adjectives only)
  2. that (as in 'the boy that I saw' ("O guaglio' ca aggio visto"))

Pronoun

ca

  1. that
  2. who
  3. which

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

cā m

  1. jackdaw

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit च (ca).

Particle

ca

  1. and (copulative particle)

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal) cò

Etymology

Inherited from Latin casa. Compare Italian casa, Lombard cà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka/

Noun

ca f

  1. house

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Italic *kʷis
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷos
Proto-Italic *kʷoi
Latin quam
Portuguese ca

    Inherited from Latin quam. Compare Galician ca.

    Conjunction

    ca

    1. (obsolete) than

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Latin quia.

      Alternative forms

      Conjunction

      ca

      1. (obsolete or dialectal) for, because

      Etymology 3

      From ecthlipsis and crasis of com a.

      Contraction

      ca

      1. (colloquial) contraction of com +‎ a: feminine singular of co
        Synonym: coa (chiefly poetic)
        • 2020, Emilio Carlos Boschilia, “Termos e Expressões Usados nos Tempos Pioneiros [Terms and Expressions Used in Pioneer Times]” (chapter 5), in O Jeito de Falar dos “Pé Vermeio”: Léxico, Falas e Expressões Idiomáticas dos Pioneiros no Norte do Paraná [The Redfoot Way of Speaking: Lexicon, Sayings and Idioms of Northern Paraná Pioneers]‎[5], 1st edition (lexicon), Curitiba: self-published, →ISBN, archived from the original on 12 April 2023, page 119:
          [s. v. butuca] Fulana ficô de butuca até pegá o marido ca otra.
          Jane kept watchin’ on till she caught her husband wi’ the other [woman].

      Etymology 4

      Adverb

      ca (not comparable)

      1. obsolete spelling of cá
      2. misspelling of cá

      Further reading

      Romagnol

      Etymology

      From Latin casa (“house”).

      Pronunciation

      • (Central Romagnol) IPA(key): [ˈkaɐ̯]

      Noun

      ca f (invariable) (Ville Unite)

      1. house
        Ca brușêda ― Uninhabited house
        Mètar so ca ― To get married
        Ësar dla ca ― To be a frequent visitor
        Fat in ca ― Homemade
        Tus da ca ― Leave home
      2. lineage
      3. public building

      Romanian

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ka/
      • Rhymes: -a

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Latin quam. The expression ca și may derive from Latin quasi.

      Adverb

      ca

      1. than
        Am o carte mai bună ca aceasta. ― I have a better book than this one.
      2. as
        Filmul este tot așa de interesant ca romanul. ― The movie is as interesting as the novel is.
      Synonyms

      Etymology 2

        Derived from Latin quia.

        Conjunction

        ca

        1. (obsolete) because
          Synonyms: pentru că, întrucât, fiindcă, deoarece
        2. (followed by să) in order to

        Romansh

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Latin quam or quod.

        Conjunction

        ca

        1. (Sutsilvan) than

        Scots

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /kaː/, /kɑː/

        Verb

        ca (third-person singular simple present cas, present participle cain, simple past and past participle ca'd)

        1. call
        2. summon
        3. drive something
        4. go on, proceed
        5. knock or push

        Derived terms

        Contraction

        ca

        1. (some Scots dialects) can't
          That ca be him!
          That can't be him!

        See also

        Sicilian

        Alternative forms

        • chi (typically in West Sicily)

        Etymology

        From Late Latin qua, from Latin quia. Compare Asturian ca, Aromanian cã, Romanian că, Neapolitan ca, Tarantino ca, Spanish que.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ka]
        • Rhymes: -a
        • Hyphenation: ca

        Conjunction

        ca

        1. because, due to the fact that, for
          Veni ca t'àju a parrari.
          Come, [that] I have to talk with you.
        2. (subordinator) (the fact) that

        See also

        Southwestern Dinka

        Noun

        ca (plural caak)

        1. milk

        References

        • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[6], 2005

        Spanish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka]
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -a
        • Syllabification: ca
        • Homophone: ka

        Etymology 1

        From Vulgar Latin qua, alternative form of Latin quia.

        Conjunction

        ca

        1. (obsolete) because
          Synonyms: porque, (archaic) car
          • c. 1325, Cantar de mío Cid‎[7]:
            Sospiró mio Cid, ca mucho avié grandes cuidados
            My Cid sighed, for very great grief had he

        Etymology 2

        From ¡quia!.

        Interjection

        ¡ca!

        1. (Spain) Denotes incredulity or negation; oh no!
          Synonyms: ¡quia!, ¡qué va!

        Etymology 3

        Etymology tree
        substrateder.?
        Latin casa
        Old Spanish casa
        Spanish casaclip.
        Spanish ca

          Clipping of casa.

          Noun

          ca f (uncountable)

          1. (colloquial) house

          Further reading

          Swedish

          Adverb

          ca

          1. circa; abbreviation of cirka; alternative form of c:a

          Anagrams

          Tarantino

          Pronoun

          ca (relative)

          1. to whom
          2. to which

          Adjective

          ca

          1. what

          Tày

          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          From Proto-Tai *kaːᴬ (“crow”), from onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Lao ກາ (kā), Northern Thai ᨠᩣ, Lü ᦂᦱ (k̇aa), Shan ၵႃ (kǎa), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣ (kaa), Tai Dam ꪀꪱ, Zhuang roegga, Tày ca.

          Noun

          (Classifier: tua) ca (Nôm form 𱍼)

          1. common raven
            Tua ca ơi.
            The crow cries.
            nả đăm bặng nả ca
            one's face as black as a crow's face
            Vằn ngoà tua ca pắt đảy sloong tua cáy ỉ.
            Yesterday, the crow caught two little chickens.
          Derived terms

          Etymology 2

          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “เพกา?”)

          Noun

          (Classifier: mạy) ca

          1. Oroxylum indicum
            co mạy ca ― foot of a midnight horror tree
            phắc ca ― fruit from a midnight horror tree
          Derived terms

          Etymology 3

          Compare cà.

          Classifier

          ca

          1. Precedes a different classifier to convey contempt towards the referrent
            ca tua ma ― this goddamn dog

          Prefix

          ca

          1. Meaningless, occasionally intensifying prefix in mostly animal names as well as other nouns and adjectives, some of which have variants with cà
          Derived terms

          References

          • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[8][9] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
          • Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[10] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
          • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910), Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[11] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

          Vietnamese

          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          From French quart.

          Noun

          ca (classifier cái)

          1. mug (cup)
          2. mug (about 1/4 liter)

          Etymology 2

            Sino-Vietnamese word from 歌 (“song”).

            Noun

            ca • (𰙔, 歌) (classifier bài)

            1. (literary) song
            Derived terms

            Verb

            ca

            1. (colloquial in Southern Vietnam, somewhat literary in other dialects) to sing
              Đăng kí ca ở đâu hả em?
              Where can I sign up to sing, boy?
            2. (colloquial, ironic) to praise
            3. (colloquial) to scold
            Synonyms
            Derived terms

            Etymology 3

            Borrowed from French cas.

            Noun

            ca

            1. (medicine) case
              Ca này nặng đấy!
              This case is a serious one!
              Đã có 5 ca tử vong.
              There have been five fatal cases.
            Synonyms
            Derived terms
            • ca mổ

            Etymology 4

            From French quart. Compare Thai กะ (gà, “shift”).

            Noun

            ca

            1. shift (change of workers)
              tan ca ― to finish one's shift
            Derived terms
            • giao ca
            • tăng ca

            Etymology 5

            Borrowed from French ka.

            Noun

            ca

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

            Etymology 6

            Preposition

            ca • (𰙔)

            1. (archaic) at, in
            2. (archaic) place

            Welsh

            Alternative forms

            • (first-person singular future): caf (literary)
            • (second-person singular imperative): cei, cymer (colloquial)

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /kaː/

            Verb

            ca

            1. inflection of cael:
              1. first-person singular future colloquial
              2. second-person singular imperative literary

            Mutation

            Mutated forms of ca
            radical soft nasal aspirate
            ca ga ngha cha

            Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
            All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

            Yao (Africa)

            Etymology

            Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kéa (“to dawn - zone P”).

            Verb

            -ca (infinitive kuca)

            1. to become bright
              1. to dawn
              2. to clear up (of the sky)
            2. to mature (fruit, crops)

            Derived terms

            • -cesya (“to pernoctate, to stay up all night”)

            References

            • Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
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