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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

When she held my hand and said, “Kee ka ime?”

From "Purple Hibiscus" 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

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

From Mohave Pottery by Michaell J. Harner

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