ca

See also:Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Languages (42)

Translingual•English

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A-Pucikwar•Albanian•Alutiiq•Asturian•Canela•Catalan•Central Nahuatl•Chibcha•Classical Nahuatl•Dinka•Fala•Fijian•French•Galician•Hausa•Ido•Indonesian•Italian•Kayan•Ladin•Lolopo•Linngithigh•Malay•Mandarin•Muong•Neapolitan•Pali•Piedmontese•Portuguese•Romagnol•Romanian•Romansch•Scots•Southwestern Dinka•Spanish•Swedish•Tarantino•Tày•Vietnamese•Welsh

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Translingual

Symbol

ca

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language codeforCatalan.

English

Preposition

ca

1. Alternative spelling ofca.

Anagrams

• A.C.,a-c,ac.,℀,ac-,ac,a/c,AC,-ac,Ac,a.c.,A/C

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

FromProto-Great Andamanese*ciəp.

Noun

ca

1. belt
2. band
3. sling

Verb

ca

1. toadjoin
2. tofasten

References

• Juliette Blevins,Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide,pg. 20 & 22 (2009)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• disa

Etymology

From the contracted form ofdisa,dsa.

Pronoun

ca

1. some

Related terms

• sa
• di

Alutiiq

Etymology

FromProto-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

FromLatinquia.

Conjunction

ca

1. because

   Nun mientas,cadir foi.

   Don't lie,becausehe did go.

   Cainda son piores qu’estudiantes.

   Becausethey are still worse than students.

Etymology 2

Shortening ofcasafromLatincasa.

Noun

caf(pluralcas)

1. (in certain contexts)house

Taben encaXuan

They were at Xuan'shouse

Usage notes

The formcais used only behind a proper noun or pronoun, usually the house's owner, and it would 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 yecaAntón―This is Antón'shouse

Estacasaye d'Antón―Thishouseis Antón's

Esta comida ye p'encaAntón―This food is for Antón'shouse

Esta comida ye pa lacasaonde vive Antón―This food is for thehousewhere Antón resides

Adjective

ca

1. Alternative form ofcada

Adverb

ca

1. Alternative form ofacá

Interjection

¡ca!

1. interjectionofnegation(no way!) orincredulity

   -¿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

References

• https://mas.lne.es/diccionario/palabra/4801
• https://mas.lne.es/diccionario/palabra/4803

• https://www.diccionariu.alladixital.org/index.php?cod=8782

Canela

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ka/

Verb

ca(cu-class; non-finitexàr)

1. roaston embers (singular)

   Incrô na imã tep ca.

   Roast a fish (wrapped up in banana leaves) on the embers for me.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈka]

Etymology 1

InheritedfromLatincanis, canem(“dog”).

Noun

cam(pluralcans)

1. dog

   Synonym:gosm

Usage notes

• This term is used in Catalonia or Valencia only in stock phrases, withgos(femininegossa) being the term generally used for a dog.
• In the Balearics,cahas retained its use as the primary word for a dog. However, instead of a feminine ofca,*cana,being used for a female dog, in the Balearics,cussa,the feminine ofcus(“little dog”)is used.
• Note also that those breeds of dogs that originated in the Balearics usecaand notgosto form name of the breed.

Hyponyms

• (Balearics)cusm(“little dog”),(Balearics)cussaf(“female dog”)
• gosm(“male dog”),gossaf(“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 Majory”)
• ca mè mallorquí(“Majorcan Pointer”)
• ca petaner
• ca rater mallorquí(“Majorcan Ratter”)

Etymology 2

Noun

caf(pluralcas)

1. the letterK(lowercasek)

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 ofcasa.CompareFrenchchez,Spanishca,Italianca'.

Particle

ca

1. thehouse(of)

   Anem acala Maria.―We are going to Maria’s house.

   Aquell casalot éscalRamon.―That mansion is Ramon’s house.

   Parlem català acanostra.―We speak Catalan at ourhouse.

Usage notes

• When followed by one of the articlesel,els,en,andes,the wordcacontracts with them intocal,cals,can,andcas,respectively.

Derived terms

• cal,cals,can,cas

Central Nahuatl

Verb

ca

1. Tobe.

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ka/

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

Cais an irregular verb; its plural form iscate.

Particle

ca

Used in affirmative statements.

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Dinka

Noun

ca(pluralcaak)

1. milk

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[1],2005

Fala

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ca

1. (Valverdeñu)Alternative form ofacá(“here”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021)Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2],2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN

Fijian

Adjective

ca

1. bad,evil,base,vile
2. naughty
3. direful
4. pernicious
5. ruined,destroyed

Noun

ca

1. badness
2. illness,calamity
3. harm

French

Preposition

ca

1. Abbreviationofcirca.

Further reading

• “ca”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

FromOld Galician-Portugueseca(13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinquam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[kɐ]

Conjunction

ca

1. than

   Synonym:ca non

   As miñas irmás son máis altascamin.

   My sisters are tallerthanI am.

Derived terms

• ca non
• có

Etymology 2

FromOld Galician-Portugueseca(13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinquia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[kɐ]

Conjunction

ca

1. (archaic)because,since

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “ca”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “ca”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega[Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “ca”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “ca”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Ideophone

cāorcâ

1. splatteringofboilingfat

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tsa/

Determiner

ca(pluralci)

1. Alternative form ofica(“this”)

Indonesian

Etymology

FromHokkienSao(chhá,“to stir fry; to sauté”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃa/
• Rhymes:-t͡ʃa
• Hyphenation:ca

Noun

ca(first-person possessivecaku,second-person possessivecamu,third-person possessivecanya)

1. adishwhich uses thesautétechnique

Further reading

• “ca”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Italian

Etymology 1

Preposition

ca

1. Abbreviationofcirca.

See also

• calcio
• ca'
• c.a.

Etymology 2

Inherited from a combination ofLatinquamandquia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈka/^°
• Rhymes:-a
• Hyphenation:cà

Conjunction

ca

1. (archaicordialectal)that,because

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• cappa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):^**/ˈka/^*
• Rhymes:-a

Noun

camorf(invariable)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterK/k.

Anagrams

• AC,a.C.,a.c.

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

• via

Related terms

• da oradecà
• caprò
• docà
• ca tlo

Lolopo

Etymology

FromProto-Loloish*tsaŋ¹(Bradley). Cognate withNuosuꊿ(co).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[tsʰa³³]

Noun

ca

1. (Yao'an)person;people

Linngithigh

Noun

ca

1. language
2. speech

Malay

Etymology

Likely fromCantoneseTrà(caa4)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/t͡ʃa/

Noun

ca(Jawi spellingچا,informal 1st possessivecaku,2nd possessivecamu,3rd possessivecanya)

1. tea

Synonyms

• teh

Mandarin

Romanization

ca

1. Nonstandardspelling ofcā.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofcǎ.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofcà.

Usage notes

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

Muong

Etymology

FromProto-Vietic*r-kaː.Cognate withVietnamesegà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kaː¹/

Noun

ca

1. (Mường Bi)chicken

   tànca―a flock ofchickens

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002)Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[3],Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Neapolitan

Etymology

Variant ofche,fromLatinquid,quod.Thisetymologyis incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ka/

Adverb

ca

1. what

Conjunction

ca

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

Pronoun

ca

1. that
2. who
3. which

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘(Brahmi script)
• च(Devanagari script)
• চ(Bengali script)
• ච(Sinhalese script)
• စorၸ(Burmese script)
• จorจะ(Thai script)
• ᨧ(Tai Tham script)
• ຈorຈະ(Lao script)
• ច(Khmer script)
• 𑄌(Chakma script)

Etymology

InheritedfromSanskritच(ca).

Particle

ca

1. and(copulative particle)

Piedmontese

Etymology

InheritedfromLatincasa.CompareItaliancasa,Lombardcà.

Noun

caf

1. house

Portuguese

Etymology 1

FromLatinquam.

Conjunction

ca

1. (dated)than

Etymology 2

Contraction ofcoma.

Preposition

ca

1. (Brazil,colloquial)with

Adverb

ca(notcomparable)

1. Obsoletespelling ofcá.

Romagnol

Etymology

FromLatincasa(“house”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

caf(invariable)(Ville Unite)

1. house

   Cabrușêda―Uninhabitedhouse

   Mètar soca―To get married

   Ësar dlaca―To be a frequent visitor

   Fat inca―Homemade

   Tus daca―Leavehome

2. lineage
3. publicbuilding

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ка(ca)—post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ka/
• Rhymes:-a

Etymology 1

InheritedfromLatinquam.The expressioncașimay derive from Latinquasi.

Adverb

ca

1. than

   Amocartemaibunăcaaceasta.―I have a better bookthanthis one.

2. as

   Filmulestetotașadeinteresantcaromanul.―The movie is as interestingasthe novel is.

Synonyms

• decât

Related terms

• cam

Etymology 2

FromLatinquia.

Conjunction

ca

1. (obsolete)because

   Synonyms:pentru că,întrucât,fiindcă,deoarece

2. (followed by să)in order to

Romansch

Alternative forms

• che(Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan)
• tgi(Surmiran)
• cu(Puter)
• co(Vallader)

Etymology

FromLatinquamorquod.

Conjunction

ca

1. (Sutsilvan)than

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kaː/,IPA^(key):/kɑː/

Verb

ca(third-person singular simple presentcas,present participlecain,simple pastca'd,past participleca'd)

1. call
2. summon
3. drivesomething
4. go on,proceed
5. knockorpush

Derived terms

• ca canny

Contraction

ca

1. (some Scots dialects)can't

   Thatcabe him!

   That can't be him!

See also

• cannae

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

ca(pluralcaak)

1. milk

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[4],2005

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈka/[ˈka]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:ca
• Homophone:ka

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latinqua,alternative form ofLatinquia.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

ca

1. (obsolete)because

   Synonym:porque

   • c.1325,Cantar de mío Cid‎^[5]:

     Sospiró mio Cid,camucho avié grandes cuidados

     My Cid sighed,forvery great grief had he

Etymology 2

From¡quia!.

Interjection

¡ca!

1. (Spain)Denotesincredulityornegation;oh no!

   Synonyms:¡quia!,¡qué va!

Etymology 3

Clippingofcasa.

Noun

caf(uncountable)

1. (colloquial)house

Further reading

• “ca”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014

Swedish

Adverb

ca

1. circa;Abbreviationofcirka.Alternative form ofc:a

Anagrams

• Ac

Tarantino

Pronoun

ca(relative)

1. towhom
2. towhich

Adjective

ca

1. what

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An–Tràng Định)IPA^(key):[kaː˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh)IPA^(key):[kaː˦˥]

Etymology 1

FromProto-Tai*kaːᴬ(“crow”),fromonomatopoeicorigin. Cognate withLaoກາ(kā),Northern Thaiᨠᩣ,Lüᦂᦱ(k̇aa),Shanၵႃ(kǎa),Tai Nüaᥐᥣ(kaa),Tai Damꪀꪱ,Zhuangroegga,Tàyca.

Noun

(classifiertua)ca(𱍼)

1. common raven

   Tuacaơi.

   Thecrowcries.

   nả đăm bặng nảca

   one's face as black as acrow's face

   Vằn ngoà tuacapắt đảy sloong tua cáy ỉ.

   Yesterday, thecrowcaught two little chickens.

Derived terms

• ca nặm
• ca đáng
• ca đăm
• khẩu ca
• mèo ca
• pác ca
• xéc ca

Etymology 2

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.Particularly: “เพกา?”)

Noun

(classifiermạy)ca

1. Oroxylum indicum

   co mạyca―foot of amidnight horror tree

   phắcca―fruit from amidnight horror tree

Derived terms

• mác ca

Etymology 3

Comparecà.

Classifier

ca

1. Precedes a different classifier to convey contempt towards the referrent

   catua 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 withcà

Derived terms

• ca cào
• ca lang
• ca linh
• ca mèo
• ca mả
• ca noóng
• ca này
• ca pát
• ca rạc
• ca rại
• ca rệp
• ca rộc
• ca tuyện
• ca đác

References

• Lương Bèn (2011)Từ điển Tày-Việt[Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[6][7](in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày[A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[8](in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910)Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français[Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[9](in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[kaː˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[kaː˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[kaː˧˧]

Etymology 1

FromFrenchquart.

Noun

(classifiercái)ca

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

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnameseword fromCa(“song”).

Noun

(classifierbài)ca

1. (literary,in compounds)asong

   quốc ca―national anthem

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bi ca
• ca dao
• ca khúc
• ca kịch
• ca nhạc
• danh ca
• dân ca
• khải ca
• khải hoàn ca
• quân ca
• quốc ca
• Quốc tế ca
• thánh ca
• thi ca
• thơ ca
• tình ca
• trường ca
• trường hận ca

Verb

ca

1. (colloquialinSouthern Vietnam,somewhatliteraryin other dialects)tosing

   Đăng kí ca ở đâu hả em?

   Where can I sign up to sing, boy?

2. (colloquial,ironic)topraise
3. (colloquial)toscold

Synonyms

• (to sing):hát
• (to praise):ca ngợi,ca tụng,ca vịnh

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bài ca
• ca hát
• ca kỹ
• ca lâu
• ca múa
• ca ngâm
• ca ngợi
• ca nhi
• ca nương
• ca sĩ
• ca tụng
• ca từ
• ca vịnh
• ca vũ
• ca vũ kịch
• ca xướng
• cầm ca
• kêu ca
• ngợi ca
• quản ca
• sênh ca
• sơn ca
• triều ca

Etymology 3

Borrowed fromFrenchcas.

Noun

ca

1. (medicine)case

   Canày nặng đấy!

   This case is a serious one!

   Đã có 5catử vong.

   There have been five fatal cases.

Synonyms

• (case):trường hợp

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ca mổ

Etymology 4

FromFrenchquart.CompareThaiกะ(gà,“shift”).

Noun

ca

1. shift(change of workers)

   tanca―to finish one'sshift

Derived terms

Derived terms

• giao ca

Etymology 5

Borrowed fromFrenchka.

Noun

ca

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterK/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 ofcael:
   1. first-personsingularfuturecolloquial
   2. second-personsingularimperativeliterary

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.