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kar

English

Noun

kar (plural kars)

  1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
    • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:
      In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

Anagrams

  • AKR, Ark, Ark., RAK, RKA, ark, kra

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kar/

Noun

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

  1. cart
  2. car, automobile

Synonyms

  • wa

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from Romani kar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka?]
  • IPA(key): [ka?] (Gheg)

Noun

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

  1. (anatomy) penis
  2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

Derived terms

  • karuc m (diminutive)

Synonyms

  • penis m (chiefly formal)
  • bile m
  • luc m (childish)
  • karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
  • dërrasë f (vulgar)
  • hu m (vulgar)

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ??? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ?n kar)

  1. deaf
  2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

Antonyms

  • (of a consonant): cingiltili

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k??r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

kar m (plural kerent)

  1. relative
Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kar

  1. Hard mutation of gar.
Mutation

Chuukese

Adjective

kar

  1. hot

Czech

Noun

kar m

  1. cirque

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka/, [k??]
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

  1. vessel
  2. trough

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?r/
  • Hyphenation: kar
  • Rhymes: -?r

Noun

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

  1. A cart.
  2. Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck.

Derived terms

  • golfkar
  • handkar
  • hondenkar
  • huifkar
  • karren
  • karrenvracht
  • ossenkar
  • racekar
  • sleepkar
  • steekkar
  • strijdkar

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kar

Elfdalian

Noun

kar n

  1. tub, bathtub

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?k?r]
  • Rhymes: -?r

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

  2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
  3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
  5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

  2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
  3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)
    Meronym: tanszék
  4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)
    Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar
Declension
Derived terms

Usage notes

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Further reading

  • (arm, lever): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
  • (faculty; ensemble): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?a?r/
  • Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

  1. tub
Declension
Derived terms
  • baðkar

Etymology 2

From English car.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

  1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile
Declension
Synonyms
  • bíll
Related terms
  • (colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

K'iche'

Noun

kar

  1. fish

Latvian

Verb

kar

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of k?rt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of k?rt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of k?rt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of k?rt

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

kar

  1. they

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kar m

  1. work, labor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

  1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
Usage notes
  • Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.
Derived terms
  • ågerkar

Etymology 2

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

  1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
  2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
  3. a pier (for a bridge)
  4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant
Derived terms
  • badekar
  • blodkar
  • brokar

References

  • “kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??r/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

  1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
  2. Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

  1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)
Derived terms
  • badekar
  • blodkar

References

  • “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ark, kra, rak

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kar/

Noun

kar f

  1. genitive plural of kara

Noun

kar n

  1. genitive plural of karo

Romani

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kar m (plural kara)

  1. (anatomy) penis

Descendants

  • ? Albanian: kar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??r/
  • Homophone: karl

Noun

kar n

  1. tub
  2. bathtub

Declension

Synonyms

  • (bathtub): badkar

Anagrams

  • ark, rak

References

  • kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kar

  1. car

Synonyms

  • ka

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka?/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (“snow”), from Old Turkic ????????? (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *k?r, *Ki?r (“snow”). Compare Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

Noun

kar (definite accusative kar?, plural karlar)

  1. snow
Declension
Derived terms
See also
  • kâr
  • ya?mur

Further reading

  • kar in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Verb

kar

  1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ??? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

  1. deaf

Derived terms

  • karlik

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kar c (plural karren)

  1. choice

Derived terms

  • foarkar

Further reading

  • “kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zazaki

Noun

kar

  1. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

  • fiil

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kai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kai.

Pronunciation

Noun

kai (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand, informal) food
    • 1995, Graeme Williams, The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ
      Actually, I'm not sure I like these new hangis using the foil, it tends to stop the juices getting through to the stones and I reckon the hangi kai is drier to the palate.
    • 2003, "RK", Maori TV (on newsgroup nz.general)
      i.e. they'll spend the first four hours enthusiastic as can be, then get bored, want some kai, go down to the local fish and chip shop & bottle store & spend the rest of the episode telling drunken stories of how they used to steal from the "pakeha that owned the store on the corner" and about days spent down at the social welfare office.
    • 2003, "Carmen", Is there really a censor in NZ?! (on newsgroup nz.general)
      Got to go now and get some kai.

Anagrams

  • AKI, KIA, Kia, aik

Estonian

Etymology

From German Kai, from Dutch kaai, from French quai.

Noun

kai (genitive kai, partitive kaid)

  1. quay

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish kaj, from Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?ai?/
  • Rhymes: -ai?

Noun

kai f (genitive singular kaiar, plural kaiir)

  1. (colloquial) quay

Declension

Synonyms

  • bryggja
  • atløgubryggja

Finnish

Etymology

Probably shortened from kaiketi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?i??/, [?k?i?(?)]
  • IPA(key): /?k?i?/, [?k?i?]
  • Rhymes: -?i
  • Syllabification: kai

Adverb

kai

  1. probably
  2. maybe, perhaps

Anagrams

  • Aki, aik.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cair. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kai.

Verb

kai

  1. to fall

Hausa

Pronoun

kai

  1. you (2nd person singular pronoun)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kaj/, [?k?j]
  • (rapid speech) IPA(key): [?k?j]

Noun

kai

  1. sea
  2. salt water
  3. seaside, area near the sea, lowlands
  4. tide, current in the sea
  5. gravy, sauce, dressing, soup, broth

See also

  • wai
  • moana

Verb

kai

  1. (stative) to be insipid, brackish, tasteless

Interjection

kai

  1. my, how much!; how very! how terrific!

See also

  • kain?
  • keu

References

  • “kai” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Japanese

Romanization

kai

  1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cair.

Verb

kai

  1. to fall

Karajá

Pronoun

kai

  1. you, second-person singular pronoun

Usage notes

  • This term is used in both women's and men's speech.

Derived terms

  • kaiboho

References

  • Michael Dunn, Gender determined dialect variation, in The Expression of Gender (edited by Greville G. Corbett)
  • David Lee Fortune, Gramática Karajá: um Estudo Preliminar em Forma Transformacional

Karelian

Adverb

kai

  1. all

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ngay. Cognates include Hakka ???? (ngài) and Burmese ?? (nga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kai??/

Pronoun

kai

  1. I

See also

References

  • R. Shafer (1944) , “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 419
  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?[1], Payap University, page 44

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *koi; compare Old Prussian k?i (“when”), Latvian kâ(i) (“when”), Old Church Slavonic ?? (c?, “and also, besides”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?oi; compare Ancient Greek ??? (poî, “whereto”). Perhaps ultimately the locative of Proto-Indo-European *k?os, k?is (“question particle”); see kas (“what”). Also, compare with tai (“that”).

Pronunciation

  • (conjunction): IPA(key): /k???/
  • (particle): IPA(key): /k??/

Conjunction

ka?

  1. (in relative clauses) when, while, as

Particle

kai (unstressed)

  1. (in conjunction with interrogative words) some, a certain (suggesting the complement is a known entity, but withheld)
    kai kàs - (a certain) something
    Àš táu kai k?? turiù - I have something for you.
    kai kadà - sometimes, in some cases

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tai
  • kas
  • kad
  • kaip

See also

  • kada
  • kaž-, nors, bet

References

Mandarin

Romanization

kai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of k?i.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of k?i.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kài.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka?n, from Proto-Austronesian *ka?n.

Verb

kai (passive form kainga)

  1. to eat (consume)

Noun

kai

  1. food

Related terms

  • kaimoana

Descendants

  • ? English: kai

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian k?i. Cognates include West Frisian kaai.

Noun

kai m (plural kaier)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) key

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

Noun

kai m or f (definite singular kaia or kaien, indefinite plural kaier, definite plural kaiene)

  1. quay, wharf, dock

Derived terms

  • ferjekai, fergekai
  • kaikant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

Noun

kai f or m (definite singular kaia or kaien, indefinite plural kaier or kaiar, definite plural kaiene or kaiane)

  1. quay, wharf, dock

Derived terms

  • ferjekai
  • kaikant

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cair and Spanish caer and Kabuverdianu kai.

Verb

kai

  1. to fall

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka?n, from Proto-Austronesian *ka?n.

Verb

kai

  1. to eat (consume)

Noun

kai

  1. food

Derived terms

  • patia kai

Adverb

kai

  1. not

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kapsi.

Noun

kai (plural kaakai)

  1. thigh

Derived terms

  • kairam

Etymology 2

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan káíd?, O'odham kai.

Noun

kai

  1. seed

Etymology 3

Verb

kai

  1. preterite of kaaya?

References

  • Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)?[2], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 100

Sundanese

Romanization

kai

  1. Romanization of ??

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka?n, from Proto-Austronesian *ka?n.

Verb

kai

  1. (transitive) to eat (consume)

Noun

kai

  1. food

See also

  • kaikai

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ka.i/
  • Hyphenation: ka?i

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Hawaiian ?ai and Samoan 'ai.

Verb

kai (plural kakai)

  1. (transitive) to eat
  2. (intransitive) to eat
  3. (fishing, intransitive) to bite

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Hawaiian ?ai and Samoan 'ai.

Noun

kai

  1. (cricket) run
  2. (cricket) goal, point
  3. (cricket) score

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Tobanga kai and Nukuoro gai.

Particle

kai

  1. Indicates disapproval and/or dissatisfaction.
  2. Indicates regret that something didn't happen.
Synonyms
  • (regret): kaina

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 142

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka?n, from Proto-Austronesian *ka?n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.i/

Noun

kai

  1. food

Verb

kai

  1. To eat

Tuvaluan

Adverb

kai

  1. ever

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kai??/

Verb

kai

  1. (intransitive) to rise, ascend, go up

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kai???/

Adjective

kái

  1. askew
  2. low

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kai???/

Verb

kài

  1. (transitive) pull, drag, draw

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

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