kara

See also: Kara, kára, Kára, kära, karā, kāra, kaŗa, and kaŗā

English

Noun

kara ‎(plural karas)

1. (Sikhism) The bangle worn by Sikhs, to remind the wearer to do God's work, and one of the five Ks.

Anagrams

• arak
• rak'a

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Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Breton karout and Welsh caru.

Verb

kara ‎(irregular)

1. to love

Conjugation

	Indicative				Subjunctive		Imperative
	Pres-fut	Imperfect	Preterite	Conditional	Pres-fut	Imperfect
1s	karav	karen	keris	karsen	kyrriv	karren	-
2s	kerydh	kares	kersys	karses	kyrri	karres	kar
3s	kar	kara	karas	karsa	karro	karra	kares
1p	keryn	karen	kersyn	karsen	kerryn	karren	keryn
2p	kerowgh	karewgh	kersowgh	karsewgh	kerrowgh	karrewgh	kerowgh
3p	karons	karens	kersons	karsens	karrons	karrens	karens
0	kerir	kares	karas	karsys	kyrrer	karrys	-
Present participle: ow kara Verbal adjective: kerys

Mutation

  Mutation of kara  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kara	gara	hara	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian caro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Adjective

kara ‎(accusative singular karan, plural karaj, accusative plural karajn)

1. dear

Derived terms

• karulino
• karulo

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Finnish

Noun

kara

1. A dried branch, rib of a leaf or other similar dried part of a plant.
2. A core (uneaten part) of an apple (also omenankara) or of a similar fruit.
3. The chuck of a drill or lathe.
4. A leftover piece from injection molding.
5. A piece of wood, partly inserted inside the wall, that supports the frame of a window or door.
6. Short form of koskikara (bird of the genus Cinclus).
7. The game of carom billiards or carambole.

Declension

Inflection of kara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		kara	karat
genitive		karan	karojen
partitive		karaa	karoja
illative		karaan	karoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kara	karat
accusative	nom.	kara	karat
	gen.	karan
genitive		karan	karojen karainrare
partitive		karaa	karoja
inessive		karassa	karoissa
elative		karasta	karoista
illative		karaan	karoihin
adessive		karalla	karoilla
ablative		karalta	karoilta
allative		karalle	karoille
essive		karana	karoina
translative		karaksi	karoiksi
instructive		—	karoin
abessive		karatta	karoitta
comitative		—	karoineen

Synonyms

• (dry branch) karahka

Anagrams

• arka

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Gothic

Romanization

kara

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰

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Hungarian

Etymology

kar +‎ -a ‎(“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Noun

kara

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of kar

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kara	—
accusative	karát	—
dative	karának	—
instrumental	karával	—
causal-final	karáért	—
translative	karává	—
terminative	karáig	—
essive-formal	karaként	—
essive-modal	karául	—
inessive	karában	—
superessive	karán	—
adessive	karánál	—
illative	karába	—
sublative	karára	—
allative	karához	—
elative	karából	—
delative	karáról	—
ablative	karától	—

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Ido

Adjective

kara

1. dear

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Japanese

Romanization

kara

1. Rōmaji transcription of から

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Latvian

Noun

kara m

1. genitive singular form of karš

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros ‎(“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- ‎(“to run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

kara f ‎(diminutive karka)

1. cart, wagon

Declension

Declension of kara

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kara	karje	kary
Genitive	kary	karowu	karow
Dative	karje	karoma	karam
Accusative	karu	karje	kary
Instrumental	karu	karoma	karami
Locative	karje	karoma	karach

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Mapudungun

Noun

kara ‎(using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. city

Synonyms

• waria

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Nias

Noun

kara ‎(mutated form gara)

1. stone

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kar-, perhaps from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin garriō ‎(“chatter”). Cognate with Old English ċearu, Old High German chara ‎(“grief”), Old Norse kǫr ‎(“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 ‎(kara).

Noun

kara f

1. grief, sorrow
2. anxiety

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

kara f

1. punishment
2. penalty, fine

   kara śmierci — capital punishment

Declension

declension of kara

	singular	plural
nominative	kara	kary
genitive	kary	kar
dative	karze	karom
accusative	karę	kary
instrumental	karą	karami
locative	karze	karach
vocative	karo	kary

Noun

kara

1. genitive singular of karo
2. nominative plural of karo
3. accusative plural of karo
4. vocative plural of karo

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Rapa Nui

Noun

kara

1. wing

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈɾɑ/

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 ‎(kara, “dark, black; land; north”), from Proto-Turkic *kara ‎(“dark, black”).

Adjective

kara ‎(comparative daha kara, superlative en kara)

1. black, dark

   kara büyü‎ ― black magic

2. brunette
3. dark skinned
4. (figuratively) evil, wicked, villainous
5. (figuratively, archaic) courageous

Declension

predicative forms of kara

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	karayım	karalarım*
sen (you are)	karasın	karalarsın*
o (he/she/it is)	kara / karadır	karalar* / karalardır*
biz (we are)	karayız	karalarız
siz (you are)	karasınız	karalarsınız
onlar (they are)	karalar	karalardır
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	karaydım	karalardım*
sen (you were)	karaydın	karalardın*
o (he/she/it was)	karaydı	karalardı*
biz (we were)	karaydık	karalardık
siz (you were)	karaydınız	karalardınız
onlar (they were)	karaydılar	karalardı
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	karaymışım	karalarmışım*
sen (you were)	karaymışsın	karalarmışsın*
o (he/she/it was)	karaymış	karalarmış*
biz (we were)	karaymışız	karalarmışız
siz (you were)	karaymışsınız	karalarmışsınız
onlar (they were)	karaymışlar	karalarmış
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Synonyms

• siyah

Antonyms

• ak

Noun

kara ‎(definite accusative karayı, plural karalar)

1. (colours) black
2. land, field

   kara göründü!‎

   land ahoy!

3. (archaic) north

Declension

declension of kara

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kara	karalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	karayı	karaları
dative (yönelme)	karaya	karalara
locative (bulunma)	karada	karalarda
ablative (ayrılma)	karadan	karalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	karanın	karaların

possessive forms of kara

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karam	karalarım
definite accusative (belirtme)	karamı	karalarımı
dative (yönelme)	karama	karalarıma
locative (bulunma)	karamda	karalarımda
ablative (çıkma)	karamdan	karalarımdan
genitive (tamlayan)	karamın	karalarımın
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karan	karaların
definite accusative (belirtme)	karanı	karalarını
dative (yönelme)	karana	karalarına
locative (bulunma)	karanda	karalarında
ablative (çıkma)	karandan	karalarından
genitive (tamlayan)	karanın	karalarının
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karası	karaları
definite accusative (belirtme)	karasını	karalarını
dative (yönelme)	karasına	karalarına
locative (bulunma)	karasında	karalarında
ablative (çıkma)	karasından	karalarından
genitive (tamlayan)	karasının	karalarının
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karamız	karalarımız
definite accusative (belirtme)	karamızı	karalarımızı
dative (yönelme)	karamıza	karalarımıza
locative (bulunma)	karamızda	karalarımızda
ablative (çıkma)	karamızdan	karalarımızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	karamızın	karalarımızın
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karanız	karalarınız
definite accusative (belirtme)	karanızı	karalarınızı
dative (yönelme)	karanıza	karalarınıza
locative (bulunma)	karanızda	karalarınızda
ablative (çıkma)	karanızdan	karalarınızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	karanızın	karalarınızın
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karaları	karaları
definite accusative (belirtme)	karalarını	karalarını
dative (yönelme)	karalarına	karalarına
locative (bulunma)	karalarında	karalarında
ablative (çıkma)	karalarından	karalarından
genitive (tamlayan)	karalarının	karalarının

Synonyms

• (black): siyah
• (north): kuzey

Antonyms

• (black, north): ak
• (land): deniz
• (north): güney

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Veps

Noun

kara

1. bay, inlet

Inflection

Inflection of kara
nominative sing.	kara
genitive sing.	karan
partitive sing.	karad
partitive plur.	karoid
	singular	plural
nominative	kara	karad
accusative	karan	karad
genitive	karan	karoiden
partitive	karad	karoid
essive-instructive	karan	karoin
translative	karaks	karoikš
inessive	karas	karoiš
elative	karaspäi	karoišpäi
illative	?	karoihe
adessive	karal	karoil
ablative	karalpäi	karoilpäi
allative	karale	karoile
abessive	karata	karoita
comitative	karanke	karoidenke
prolative	karadme	karoidme
approximative I	karanno	karoidenno
approximative II	karannoks	karoidennoks
egressive	karannopäi	karoidennopäi
terminative I	?	karoihesai
terminative II	karalesai	karoilesai
terminative III	karassai	—
additive I	?	karoihepäi
additive II	karalepäi	karoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “бухта”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Wanyi

Noun

kara

1. country
2. stone

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)