ka
English
/kɑː/
noun
Definitions
- A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ (ka, bull, kas).
Origin
Egyptian
kꜣ
Gloss
ka, bull, kas
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🐂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Egiptaland Old Norse
- kꜣ Egyptian
- kꜣ-nḫt-ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst Egyptian
- kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ Egyptian
- n-kꜣw Egyptian
- nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ Egyptian
- nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ Egyptian
- nfr-kꜣ-zkr Egyptian
- nfrt-kꜣw Egyptian
- nṯrj-kꜣ-rꜥ Egyptian
- ḏsr-kꜣ-rꜥ Egyptian
- ḥm-kꜣ Egyptian
- ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ Egyptian
- ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ Egyptian