-ka

-ka

1. progressive tense marker

   nuiraka : I am drinking

• Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN), page 398

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

-ka

1. Appended to words to create a feminine version of a noun, especially a profession, origin, or proper name.

   ‎lékař + ‎-ka → ‎lékařka

2. Appended to words to create a diminutive form of a noun.

   ‎vlna + ‎-ka → ‎vlnka

• -ka in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Proto-Finno-Ugric. Compare Finnish -kka.

• IPA^(key): [kɒ]

-ka

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a word to express smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment. When added to present participles, it can also express the instrument or place of the action indicated in the base word.

   cukor (“sugar”) → cukorka (“candy”)

   asztal (“table”) → asztalka (“small table”)

   jár (“to walk”) → járó (“walking”) → járóka (“playpen”)

• (diminutive suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ka is added to back vowel words

  -ke is added to front vowel words

• -cska
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

-ka

1. Rōmaji transcription of か

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

-ka

1. added to masculine nouns to form a feminine
2. added to feminine nouns to form a diminutive

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

-ka f

1. feminine noun suffix
2. diminutive noun suffix

-ka n or n pl

1. genitive singular of -ko
2. nominative plural of -ko
3. vocative plural of -ko

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

-ka (Cyrillic spelling -ка)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name.

• -inka
• -enka
• -ovka

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

• IPA^(key): /ka/

-ka

1. Denotes that the word is a feminine version of the word it is appended to.

   Talian (m, an Italian man) + -ka = Talianka (f, an Italian woman)

2. Sometimes denotes a word as a diminutive

   mucha (f, a fly) + -ka = muška (f, a small fly)

-ka

1. the

From Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

-ka

1. added to masculine nouns to form a feminine
2. added to feminine nouns to form a diminutive