Wiktionary

cá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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cá

  1. really

Verb

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cá

  1. to deceive, to fool someone

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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cá

  1. where?
    Synonyms: cá háit, cén áit
    Cá bhfuil tú? ― Where are you?
    Cá ndeachaigh sé? ― Where did he go?
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  • Not used with the past tense, except for some irregular verbs. Triggers eclipsis of the following verb. Takes the dependent form of irregular verbs.
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  • cár (used with the past tense and in copular constructions before a consonant)
  • cárb, cárbh (used in copular constructions before a vowel)

Determiner

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cá (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. what?
    Cá haois é? ― What age is he? How old is he?
    Cá tairbhe duit é? ― What profit is it to you?
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cá

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter k/K.
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Although the letter ⟨k⟩ is not used in Irish, it has a name so it can be referred to in mathematical or scientific usage or when spelling words in other languages.

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Leonese

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Alternative forms

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

Noun

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cá f

  1. house

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: cá

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese aca, from Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc. Compare archaic French çà, Spanish acá and Italian qua.

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Adverb

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cá (not comparable)

  1. here (in this place)
    Synonym: aqui
    Antonym: lá
    Cá estou. ― Here I am.
  2. hither (to this place)
    Synonym: aqui
    Vem cá. ― Come here.
  3. here (at this time; at the present situation)
    Synonyms: agora, aqui, já
    De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.
    We’ve done a lot since then.
    (literally, “from there to here.”)
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Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá, acolá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Etymology 2

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From Latin kā (“kay”).

Noun

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cá m (plural cás)

  1. (Brazil) The name of the Latin-script letter K/k. (kay)
    Synonym: (Portugal) capa

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Tempted to link this to cả, since it specifically means "eldest brother" in Leopold's dictionary.”

Adjective

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cá

  1. male (buffalos and cows)
    Synonyms: tậc, sleng, po̱
    tua vài cá ― male buffalo
    tua mò cá ― bull
  2. all
    Synonyms: tằng, mất
    tằng cạ, tằng lê ― each and every
    pây cá ― to all go
    cá vằn ― all day

Noun

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cá

  1. oldest brother
  2. elder brother
    Synonyms: lùng, pi̱, có
    Cần nẩy le̱ pi̱ cá khỏi.
    This is my elder brother.

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cá (奇)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Synonym: có
    Cá pay lỉn hâư mà?
    Where did you hang out from?
    Cá dú đây bấu?
    Are you in good health?
  2. I/me, your father
    Cá nẳm thâng pi cón.
    I remember last year.
  3. you, someone presumably older than me
    Sloong cá náo mà lo̱?
    Did you two just come?
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cá

  1. Short for pja cá.

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Cá

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ. Cognate with Thavung ก้า, Khmer កា (kaa, “prefix for fish”), Pacoh aca, Bahnar ka, Mang ʔaː¹, Khasi 'kha/dohkha, Mon က (kaˀ), Car Nicobarese kāḵ.

Noun

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(classifier con) cá • (亇, 个, 𩵜)

  1. a fish (vertebrate animal)
    Cá heo và cá voi không phải là cá.
    Dolphins and whales aren't fish.
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Verb

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cá

  1. (colloquial) to bet
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