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Contionary:ca

Annerish

Etymology 1

Superficially similar to Goidelic cía, but Teagan argues for a derivation from the verb below.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑ/ [kʰɑ]

Particle

cà (runic:ᚷᚭ)

  1. Introduces "wh-" questions:
    Ca se? - What is this?
    Cáırse? Cáırsí? - Who is that? Who is she?
    Ca toıde tàr se? - What does it mean?
  2. Fronts a relative argument:
    Ca toıde a tháır se, ar déa na mırphell. - What it means is that they are in a predicament.

Etymology 2

Uncertain; per Bernthaler from Germanic *haitaną with influence from Goidelic caí ("laments").

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑː/ [kʰɑˑ]

Verb

cà (runic:ᚷᚭ)

  1. (intr.; +ᴠᴏᴄ.) To be called; one's name is …
    Only ɪᴍᴘᴇʀꜰ. (ɴᴀʀ.) and ᴘʀᴇᴛ. forms are attested
    cà, cáım, cáıgí
    cechat or cıchet

ɴ.ʙ.

The first edition of the Bésgnae Béırle coined a since unattested verbal noun cás by analogy with bás, along with ɪʀʀ. cıcher and ᴄᴏɴᴅ. cıchır.

Avendonian

Pronunciation

  • (Central Avendonian) IPA(key): [ka]

Etymology

From Latin quam.

Adverb

ca

  1. how, as

Ayeri

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tY (ca)

  1. third-person masculine plural locative pronoun

See also

Ayeri personal pronouns
  top a p dat gen loc caus ins
first
person		 singular ay yang yas yām nā yā sā rī
plural ayn nang nas nyam nana nyā nisa ni
second
person		 singular/
plural 		va vāng vās vayam vana vaya vasa vari
third
person		 singular m ya yāng yās yayam yana yāy yasa yari
f ye yeng yes yeyam yena yea yesa yeri
n yo yong yos yoyam yona yoa yosa yori
inan ra reng rey rayam ran raya rasa rari
plural m yan tang tas cam tan ca tis ti
f yen teng tes teyam ten teya tēs teri
n yon tong tos toyam ton toya tōs tori
inan ran teng tey racam ten raca ratas ray

Europic

Pronunciation

Interjection

ca

  1. yes, affirmative

Adverb (Particle)

ca

  1. indeed, did, do
    An emphatic particle

Related Terms

  • ca ‘yes’
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