kə

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ke"

Ghomala'

Adverb

kə needs tone(s) (tone unattested)

1. what

   Ô gə kə́ tsǎ'? ― What are you doing here?

Particle

kə needs tone(s) (lexical tone unattested) grammatical form of kə̀?

1. Marker of the recent past

   Synonym: kà tə

   Tǎlá kə̀ wə́ khʉ̀ kə? ― What was Tala avoiding?

   Tâmo kə sɔ̀k mdzə́.̀ ― Tamo washed the clothes.

Related terms

• kə̀
• lə
• ê

Collocations

• gə́ kə
• kà tə

References

• Léon Kamga, Le Ghɔmala’ pour débutants (2017)
• Minette Corrine Mokam Foko (2020), The Morphosyntax of Ghɔmáláʼ Verbs: Focus on Inherent Complement Verbs and Serial Verb Constructions

Talysh

Noun

kə

1. house
2. home

Xerénte

Alternative forms

• cou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰë/, /kə/

Noun

kə

1. water

References

• Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens
• Fernando Orphão de Carvalho, Gean Nunes Damulakis, The Structure of Akroá and Xakriabá and their relation to Xavante and Xerente: A contribution to the historical linguistics of the Jê languages (2015)
• Jeronilson de O. França, Interferências fonéticas/fonológicas do Xerente
• Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente