Contionary:ka

Qino

Alternative forms

• ک (Western Arabic script)
• ك (Eastern Arabic script)
• ከ (Ge'ez script)

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic *af (Somali af, Afar af, Oromo afaan). Cognate to Proto-Semitic *pay, which gave rise to Arabic فَم (famm), Hebrew פֶּה‏ (pé), Aramaic פּוּמָא‏ (pūmā), Ethio-Semitic አፍ (af).

Pronunciation

(Qino) IPA: /ka/

Article

ka m.

1. the; masculine absolutive definite article

   ka faras

   the horse

Inflection

Qino definite article

	Masculine	Feminine
Absolutive	ka	ta
Nominative	ku	tu
Genitive	ki	ti

Usage notes

Comes at beginning of noun phrase. In the Arabic and Ge'ez scripts, combines to following word.