Meaning of ka- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. implies companionship or partnership
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2. implies similarity or interaction
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3. implies past time
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4. implies repeated action
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5. implies recent action
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6. implies causing or producing something in an extreme degree
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Examples

“ka- + sama (“to accompany”) → kasama (“partner”)”

“ka- + opisina (“office”) → kaopisina (“coworker”)”

“ka- + mukha (“face”) → kamukha (“someone/something similar; look-alike”)”

“ka- + away (“fight”) → kaaway (“enemy”)”

“ka- + hapon (“afternoon”) → kahapon (“yesterday”)”

“ka- + gabi (“night”) → kagabi (“last night”)”

“ka- + sigaw (“shout”) → kasisigaw (“repeatedly shouting”)”

“ka- + isip (“mind, thought”) → kaiisip (“thinking a lot”)”

“ka- + punta (“going”) → kapupunta (“recently went”)”

“ka- + luto (“cooking, cuisine”) → kaluluto (“recently cooked”)”

“ka- + galang (“respect”) → kagalang-galang (“inspiring great respect”)”

“ka- + paniwala (“belief”) → kapani-paniwala (“very plausible”)”

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