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Meaning of ka | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. to count
    intransitive, transitive
  2. to confess (literally, "to recount previous misdeeds involuntarily or under duress")
    transitive
  3. to buy things in the hundreds
  4. to pluck fruit (from a tree)
    transitive
  5. to curl or fold something
    transitive
  6. to be everywhere
  7. to read
    intransitive, transitive
  8. to break something; to knock off something
  9. to become curled or folded
    intransitive
  10. to become snapped under pressure
    idiomatic
  11. to constrain someone (often via supernatural means)
  12. to get something under control
    idiomatic

Examples

“Fọlá, wá bá mi ká aṣọ!”

Fọla, come and help me fold the clothes

“apá àtẹ́lẹwọ́ kì í ká ilé”

The arm of the palm cannot control the house

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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