ka
noun
a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death.
ka
1 American
[kah]
/ kɑ /
noun
Egyptian Religion.
kA
2
American
ka-
3
American
ka
British
/ kɑː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of ka
1890–95; < Egyptian k ʾ
Example Sentences
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Growing up in the Philippines, when you enter someone’s home, their first question is, “kumain ka na ba?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
They stopped by because The Louis had become a da ka point—a must-visit spot online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
There are strong traditional ties between Eswatini and South Africa’s Zulu monarchy - the current Zulu king, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini, is Mswati III’s nephew.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
One of my favorite Hindi terms is “ghar ka khaana.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
“If I can learn to say doodh ka halwa, you can learn sufganiyot. Repeat after me: soof-gah-nee-yoht.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Say ka- fee-a, and the sound will be right.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those which are formed by prefixing the particle ka- and adding the termination -an; as ka-jadi-an, creation, origin; ka-baniak-an, generality; ka-puji-an, praise; ka-salah-an, guilt, offence; ka-korang-an, want, deficiency.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
It will be observed that the last five names all begin with ka-.
From Mohave Pottery by Michaell J. Harner
It has grown out of the fuller forms ge-: Anglo-Saxon, ge-: Old Saxon, gi-: Mœso-Gothic, ga-: Old High German, ka-, cha-, ga-, ki-, gi-.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Substantives of this kind and others formed from the verb with the particles ka- and -an have already been noticed under the head of the Substantive.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
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