kaá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaa"

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈa/
  • (Alto Rio Negro) IPA^(key): [kaˈʔa]
  • (Middle Amazon) IPA^(key): [kaˈa]
  • (Solimões) IPA^(key): [kaˈa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ka‧á

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi ka'a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔa (“forest, leaf”).

Noun

kaá (plural kaá-itá)

1. woods; forest; jungle (dense collection of trees)
2. herb; grass (plant whose stem is not woody)
3. palm (branch or leaf of a palm tree)
4. (loosely) any leaf

   Synonym: awa

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Tupi ka'ab.

Verb

kaá

1. (intransitive) to defecate

Conjugation

Conjugation of kaá
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	affirmative	akaá	rekaá	ukaá	yakaá	pekaá	ukaá
	negative	ti akaá	ti rekaá	ti ukaá	ti yakaá	ti pekaá	ti ukaá
imperative	affirmative		rekaá		yakaá	pekaá
	negative		te rekaá		te yakaá	te pekaá

Old Tupi

Noun

kaá (unpossessable)

1. Obsolete spelling of ka'a.