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• ka
  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
  kA

  kiloampere; kiloamperes.
• ka-
  ka-

  variant of ker-.

ka

¹ American  

[kah] / kɑ /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death.

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kA ² American  

1. kiloampere; kiloamperes.

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ka- ³ American  

1. variant of ker-.

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ka British  

/ kɑː /

noun

1. (in ancient Egypt) an attendant spirit supposedly dwelling as a vital force in a man or statue

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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

One of my favorite Hindi terms is “ghar ka khaana.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Tiravanija’s early relational pieces — offering curry and tom ka soup, sodas and beers, grass mats and pillows for weary visitors — appeared as museums increasingly promoted the politics of multiculturalism.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

“Sleep well, Baby, ka chi fo,” he said.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Say ka- fee-a, and the sound will be right.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Immediately a peculiar patter sounded down the corridor; a ka- tuck, ka-tuck, ka-tuck, not unlike galloping hoof-beats.

From The Blind Spot by Austin Hall

It will be observed that the last five names all begin with ka-.

From Mohave Pottery by Michaell J. Harner