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k

See also: Appendix:Variations of "k"

k U+006B, k
LATIN SMALL LETTER K
← j
[U+006A] 		Basic Latin l →
[U+006C]
Character variations

ᵏ U+1D4F, ᵏ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL K
← ᵎ
[U+1D4E] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵐ →
[U+1D50]
ｋ U+FF4B, ｋ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER K
← ｊ
[U+FF4A] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｌ →
[U+FF4C]
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Translingual

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Etymology 1

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From the upper-case form, K.

Pronunciation

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  • (IPA):
    Pronunciation of IPA [kɑː, ɑkkɑː] with the sound [k]:(file)

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k (upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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k

  1. (IPA) A voiceless velar plosive.
  2. (geology) The permeability of a material for fluids.
  3. (physics) The spring constant of an elastic material.
  4. (thermodynamics) The heat capacity ratio.
    Synonym: γ
  5. (Cyrillic, phonetics) A voiceless uvular plosive, equivalent to IPA ⟨q⟩.
  6. (mathematics, often in bold) The unit vector in the z direction.
    Coordinate terms: i, j

Etymology 2

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Taken from the SI prefix k- for kilo- meaning thousands multiplier.

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k

  2. (suffixive) 1000 (thousand)
    Alternative form: K
    Holonym: M (10⁶)
    Near-synonyms: k-, K-, M (nonsuffixive)
    5k = 5000;   5K = 5000
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  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of K, in normal and italic type
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    Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

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Other representations of K:

English

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Etymology 1

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k (lower case, upper case K, plural ks or k's)

  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
  2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.
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k (lower case, upper case K, plural ks or k's)

  1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

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From kilo-.

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k (plural ks or k's)

  1. (computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
  2. (computing) A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
  3. (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.
    We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
  4. (colloquial) thousand or thousands.
    Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.
  5. The SI measurement value of 1,000
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Etymology 3

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Clipping of OK.

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k

  1. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) OK
    Synonym: 'kay
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"k" usually implies apathy or anger towards the statement it is responding to,[1] in a less emphatic way than "K".

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References

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  1. ^ “Youthsplaining: You’ve Been Texting the Word “Okay” Wrong”, in Inside Hook, 19 July 2019

Afar

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The seventh letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ainu

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Etymology

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Contraction of ku.

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k= (Kana spelling ㇰ)

  1. (Saru, before vowels) I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Usage notes

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Used before verbs and adjectives to express the first person. When isolated, kuani is used. They can also be used together, thus:

Kuani k=arpa wa ku=ye. ― I will go and tell him.

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Ainu personal pronouns
person isolated form affix form
nominative objective
first singular kuani, kani1 ku=, k=1 (before vowels) en=
exclusive plural ciokay, coka1, ciutari ci=, c=1 =as un=
inclusive plural anokay, aoka1, anutari a=, =an i=
second singular eani e=
plural eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari eci=
singular (polite) anokay, aoka1 a=, =an i=
plural (polite) anokay, aoka1, anutari
third singular sinuma, anihi ∅=
plural okay, oka1
indefinite singular asinuma a=, =an i=
plural anokay, aoka1, anutari

1. Saru dialect

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [cʰ], [cçʰ], [ç], [j], [h]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [cʰeː], [cʰɯː], [cçʰeː], [cçʰɯː]

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

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Catalan

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ca and written in the Latin script.

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Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of k – see K (“karaoke; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of K).

Chipewyan

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

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  • (before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA(key): [k]
  • (before a voiced consonant) IPA(key): [ɡ]
  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

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k [with dative]

  1. to, toward, towards (movement towards a person)
    Šel jsem si k bratrovi pro půjčku. ― I went to my brother for a loan.
    Měla bys jít k lékařovi. ― You should go to a doctor.
  2. to (in the direction of rather than a destination)
    V jedné chvíli jsem si uvědomila, že jdu směrem k domu. ― At some point, i found myself walking towards the house.
  3. to, up to
    takže jsem vstala a šla k oknu. ― So I got up and I went to the window.
    Od nevyšších k nejnižším. ― From the highest to the lowest.
  4. for, to (purpose)
    Co si dáš k obědu? ― What will you have for lunch?
    něco k jídlu. ― Something to eat.
    všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré. ― Everything bad is good for something.

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This preposition is followed by the dative case.

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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  • Previous letter: j
  • Next letter: l

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Pronoun

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k

  1. (text messaging) nonstandard form of 'k

Esperanto

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko and written in the Latin script.

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k

  1. abbreviation of kaj (“and”)
    • 1938, Alardo Prats, translated by Pario, Fronto k Postfronto de Aragonio, page 24:
      Io mortis en Hispanio k io ega k brilega naskiĝis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1948, Gaston Waringhien, Leteroj de L.-L. Zamenhof: La Tragedio de Lia Vivo Rivelita de Lia Ĵus Retrovita Korespondo kun la Francaj Eminentuloj, Edlonis S.A.T., →OCLC, page 9:
      Cetere li bone konsciis sian valoron, tiris el ĝi orgojlon, kompleze flegadis sian « mi », k rapide senpacienciĝis, se li renkontis kontraŭulon, kiu rifuzis lasi sin persvadi de liaj rezonoj.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2003 January 13, Sebastian Hartwig, “Re: 'Ghisdate pri Esperanto' hodiau en la boksmala”, in soc.culture.esperanto‎[1] (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2017:
      SAS estas ja nur aerkompanio de tiuj tri landoj. (Ferooj k Gr(o)enlando apartenas al Danio, Islando havas propran kompanion Loftleidir (krom pli nova Viking Air).)
      SAS is really just an airline of those three countries. (The Faroe Islands and Greenland belong to Denmark, Iceland has its own company Loftleidir (besides a newer Viking Air).)

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  • &
  • (text messaging) K

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Estonian

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kaa and written in the Latin script.

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Faroese

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German, and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and k for information on the development of the glyph itself.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called koo and written in the Latin script.

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k

  1. (housing) abbreviation of keittiö (“kitchen”)

French

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Fula

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Gothic

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Romanization

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k

  1. romanization of 𐌺

Hawaiian

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Alternative forms

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  • (letter name) kē

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈkeː/
  • (phoneme) [k ~ t]

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The seventh letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Heiltsuk

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈk]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈkaː]

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ká and written in the Latin script.

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative k k-k
accusative k-t k-kat
dative k-nak k-knak
instrumental k-val k-kkal
causal-final k-ért k-kért
translative k-vá k-kká
terminative k-ig k-kig
essive-formal k-ként k-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive k-ban k-kban
superessive k-n k-kon
adessive k-nál k-knál
illative k-ba k-kba
sublative k-ra k-kra
allative k-hoz k-khoz
elative k-ból k-kból
delative k-ról k-król
ablative k-tól k-któl
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		k-é k-ké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		k-éi k-kéi
Possessive forms of k
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. k-m k-im
2nd person sing. k-d k-id
3rd person sing. k-ja k-i
1st person plural k-nk k-ink
2nd person plural k-tok k-itok
3rd person plural k-juk k-ik

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Further reading

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  • k in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ido

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  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /k/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ke/

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Ido alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Indonesian alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

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Isoko

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Isoko alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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  • E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
  • Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
  • Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

Italian

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k f or m (lower case, upper case K, invariable)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called cappa or kappa and written in the Latin script.

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  • The letter K is not considered part of the contemporary Italian alphabet. See under K.

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog k. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English k.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /kej/ [k̠ei̯]
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /k/ [k̠̚]

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called key and written in the Latin script.

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

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Etymology

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The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and k for development of the glyph itself.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Kiowa

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Kiowa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Latin

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Latvian

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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Lower Sorbian

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

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  • ku (before ch, g, and k)

Preposition

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k [with dative]

  1. to

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Lushootseed

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, written in the Latin script, pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.

Malay

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Maltese

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  • IPA(key): /k/
  • IPA(key): /ɡ/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Māori

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  • IPA(key): /k/ [k]
    • IPA(key): [ɡ] (historically in the South Island)

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eighth letter of the Māori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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North Frisian

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  • IPA(key): [kʰ~k] (generally)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ̊] (Sylt, when intervocalic in an unstressed syllable)

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Nupe

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Old Polish

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k [with dative]

  1. alternative form of ku

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  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “k”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology 1

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The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and k for development of the glyph itself.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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

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k [with dative]

  1. Middle Polish form of ku

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  • “k”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

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k m (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romani

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. (International Standard) The fourteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The fifteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /kapa/, /ka/, /kɨ/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /k/

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ca or capa and written in the Latin script.

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Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns.

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k

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of că (“that, because”)
    hai k ma culc k-i trz
    (Hai că mă culc că-i târziu)
    i'm gonna go sleep cuz it's getting late

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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See Translingual section.

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k (lower case, upper case K, Cyrillic equivalent к)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by j and followed by l.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Alternative forms

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  • ka (see usage notes)

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k (Cyrillic spelling к) [with dative]

  1. to
  2. towards
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Although both k and ka can be used synonymously, k must take the alternative form ka in the following environment:

  • before /k, g, h/:
    ka kući ― to/towards home
    ka gradu ― to/towards the city
    ka hladu ― to/towards the shade
  • before consonant clusters with emphasis on /k, g, h/:
    ka školi ― to/towards school
    ka zgradi ― to/towards the building
    ka hladu ― to/towards the shade
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  • ka (see usage notes)

Silesian

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Etymology

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The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and k for development of the glyph itself.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Slovak

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

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Preposition

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k

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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  • “k”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Although K is part of the Spanish Alphabet, it is only found in loanwords.

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Etymology 2

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k

  1. (Internet slang, neologism, colloquial) abbreviation of que

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k

  1. (Internet slang, neologism, colloquial) abbreviation of que

Etymology 3

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k

  1. (Argentina) alternative letter-case form of K: kirchnerista
    Antonyms: anti-K, antikirchnerista

Swedish

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called kå and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /k/ in front of a, o, u and å and /ɕ/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö (some loan words might ignore this rule).

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish k. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English k.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜃ (ka).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish k.

The use of ⟨k⟩ instead of using the Spanish-based ⟨c⟩ and ⟨q⟩ was promoted in the late 19th century primarily by the educated (such as José Rizal and Trinidad Pardo de Tavera) because of the Baybayin character primarily being applicable to all vowels, as well as the ease of usage with Tagalog grammar rules. Its order in the Abakada alphabet was due to the order of the similar sounding ⟨c⟩ in the Spanish alphabet.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈkej/ [ˈkeɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
      • Rhymes: -a
    • IPA(key): /k/ [k] (phoneme)
    • IPA(key): /k/ [x] (phoneme, intervocalic)

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. the eleventh letter of the Filipino alphabet, called key and written in the Latin script
  2. the third letter of the Abakada alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script
  3. (historical) the twelfth letter of the Abecedario, called ka and written in the Latin script
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Etymology 2

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From English k, clipping of OK.

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Interjection

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k (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌ᜔)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) OK

Etymology 3

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From the Abakada alphabet letter k being pronounced as ka.

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k (Baybayin spelling ᜃ)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of ka: you; u
    Nasan k na?
    Where are u?

Further reading

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  • “k”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Thomas, Megan C. (2007), “K Is for De-Kolonization: Anti-Colonial Nationalism and Orthographic Reform”, in Comparative Studies in Society and History‎[4], volume 49, number 4, →ISSN, pages 938–967

Tlingit

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /c/, /k/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): (standard) /ceː/, /kɑː/

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

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Turkmen

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French k.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ca and written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 2

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Particle

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k

  1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) abbreviation of không
    k ăn đâu ― I'm not eating

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. shorthand meaning nghìn
    bánh mì 3k ― bread selling for 3 thousand dong
    tặng 1K phần quà ― to give a thousand presents

Yele

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. A letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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  • The digraph ⟨km⟩ transcribes the single consonant /k͡pŋ͡m/
  • The digraph ⟨kn⟩ transcribes the single consonant /kŋ/
  • The digraph ⟨kp⟩ transcribes the single consonant /k͡p/

Palatalized consonants are written ⟨kpy, ky⟩, labialized consonants as ⟨knw, kw⟩.

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Yoruba

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called kí and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu

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k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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