-kaa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaa"
Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
Particle
-kaa
- marks yes/no questions
- marks if-assumptions
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-kɑː/, [-kɑː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-kɑː/, [-kɑː]
Particle
-kaa (front-vowel variant -kää) (enclitic)
- Emphasises a negative sentence; (not) even
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
- Ympäär ei henkiäkää.
- There is not (even) a soul around.
- (nonproductive) Used to form negative indefinite pronouns
Derived terms
Ingrian terms suffixed with -kaa
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 147
Ojibwe
Final
-kaa
- be present, be abundant
- move, go
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/kaa-final
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/kaa-final-1393
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