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ka- ܩܵܐ

ka- is the Assyrian word for to — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

Computer-generated pronunciation.

Meaning

  1. to
  2. for
  3. on account of, due to
  4. object marker

Examples

khabra yavele ka-bakhtu
ܚܵܒܪܵܐ ܝܵܘܸܠܸܐ ܩܵܐ ܒܵܚܬܘ̣
He gives word to his wife
hech-mendi lele vada ka-babu
ܗܸܟ̃ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܠܹܠܸܐ ܘܵܕܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܒܵܒܘ̣
He does not do anything for his father . Temporal objective
ana pt-azen ka-kha-yarkha
ܐܵܢܵܐ ܦܛ ܐܵܙܸܢ ܩܵܐ ܚܵܐ ܝܵܪܚܵܐ
I shall go away for a month . Purpose
e-dana b-yuma tanuyra k-odivale ka-lakhma pyeta
ܐܹ ܕܵܢܵܐ ܒ ܝܘ̣ܡܵܐ ܬܵܢܘ̣ܝܪܵܐ ܟ ܐܘ̇ܕܝܼܘܵܠܸܐ ܩܵܐ ܠܵܚܡܵܐ ܦܝܹܬܵܐ
At that time, during the day they used the oven for baking bread
ka-de kusartu yuvvale
ܩܵ ܕܹܐ ܩܘ̣ܣܵܪܬܘ̣ ܝܘ̣ܘܘܵܠܸܐ
On account of that he gave his pot
ka-but-dayen
ܩܵܐ ܒܘ̣ܬ ܕܵܝܸܢ
on account of this, therefore
ka-diyyukh ktellun
ܩܵܐ ܕܝܼܝܝܘ̣ܚ ܩܛܸܠܠܘ̣ܢ
They killed you

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 175.

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