Voiceless velar plosive | |
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k | |
IPA number | 109 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | k |
Unicode (hex) | U+006B |
X-SAMPA | k |
Kirshenbaum | k |
Sound | |
The voiceless velar stop is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨k⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨k⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by the "c" in care and the "k" in kiss.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
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Abkhaz | ақалақь/ak̇halak̇h’ | [ˈakalakʲ] | 'the city' | |
Adyghe | Shapsug | кьэт/k′ėt | [kʲat] (help·info) | 'chicken' |
Temirgoy | пскэн/pskėn | [pskan] | ||
Ahtna | gistaann | [kɪstʰɐːn] | 'six' | |
Aleut[1] | kiikax̂ | [kiːkaχ] | 'cranberry bush' | |
Arabic | Modern Standard[2] | كتب/kutib | [ˈkatabɐ] | 'he wrote' |
Armenian | Eastern[3] | քաղաք/ k'aġak'/k'aghak | [kʰɑˈʁɑkʰ] | 'town' |
Assamese | কম/kom | [kɔm] | 'less' | |
Assyrian | ܟܬܒ̣ܐ ctava | [ktava] | 'book' | |
Basque | katu | [kat̪u] | 'cat' | |
Bengali | কম/kom | [kɔm] | 'less' | |
Bulgarian | как/kak | [kak] | 'how' | |
Catalan[4] | cors | [ˈkɔ(ɾ)s] | 'hearts' | |
Chinese | Cantonese | 家 / gā | [kaː˥] | 'home' |
Hokkien | 歌 koa | [kua] | 'song' | |
Mandarin | 高 / gāo | [kɑʊ˥] | 'high' | |
Chuvash | кукка | [ku'kːɑ] | 'mother's brother' | |
Czech | kost | [kost] | 'bone' | |
Danish | Standard[5] | gås | [ˈkɔ̽ːs] | 'goose' |
Dutch[6] | koning | [ˈkoːnɪŋ] | 'king' | |
English | kiss | [kʰɪs] | 'kiss' | |
Esperanto | rakonto | [raˈkonto] | 'tale' | |
Estonian | kõik | [kɤik] | 'all' | |
Filipino | kuto | [ˈkuto] | 'lice' | |
Finnish | kakku | [kɑkːu] | 'cake' | |
French[7] | cabinet | [kabinɛ] | 'office' | |
Georgian[8] | ქვა/kva | [kʰva] | 'stone' | |
German | Käfig | [ˈkʰɛːfɪç] | 'cage' | |
Greek | καλόγερος / kalógeros | [kaˈlo̞ʝe̞ro̞s̠] | 'monk' | |
Gujarati | કાંદો/kaṃde | [kɑːnd̪oː] | 'onion' | |
Hebrew | כסף / kesef | [ˈkesef] | 'money' | |
Hiligaynon | kadlaw | [kad̪law] | 'laugh' | |
Hindustani | काम / کام | [kɑːm] | 'work' | |
Hungarian | akkor | [ɒkkor] | 'then' | |
Italian[9] | casa | [ˈkäːzä] | 'house' | |
Japanese[10] | 鞄 / kaban | [kabaɴ] | 'handbag' | |
Kagayanen[11] | kalag | [kað̞aɡ] | 'spirit' | |
Khmer | កម្ពុជា / kâmpŭchéa | [kampuciːə] | 'Cambodia' | |
Korean | 감자 / kamja | [kamdʑa] | 'potato' | |
Lakota | kimímela | [kɪˈmɪmela] | 'butterfly' | |
Luxembourgish[12] | geess | [ˈkeːs] | 'goat' | |
Macedonian | кој | [kɔj] | 'who' | |
Marathi | कवच | [kəʋət͡s] | 'armour' | |
Malay | kaki | [käki] | 'leg' | |
Nepali | केरा | [keɾä] | 'banana' | |
Norwegian | kake | [kɑːkɛ] | 'cake' | |
Odia | କାମ/kāma | [kämɔ] | 'work' | |
Pashto | كال/kal | [kɑl] | 'year' | |
Persian | کارد/kārd | [kɑrd] | 'knife' | |
Polish[13] | buk | [ˈbuk] (help·info) | 'beech tree' | |
Portuguese[14] | corpo | [ˈkoɾpu] | 'body' | |
Punjabi | ਕਰ/کر/kar | [kəɾ] | 'do' | |
Romanian[15] | când | [ˈkɨnd] | 'when' | |
Russian[16] | короткий/korotkiy | [kɐˈrotkʲɪj] (help·info) | 'short' | |
Serbo-Croatian[17] | кост / kost | [kȏːs̪t̪] | 'bone' | |
Slovak | kosť | [kɔ̝stɕ] | 'bone' | |
Spanish[18] | casa | [ˈkäsä] | 'house' | |
Swedish | ko | [ˈkʰuː] | 'cow' | |
Sylheti | ꠇꠤꠔꠣ/kita | [kɪt̪à] | 'what' | |
Tamil | கை/kai | [kəɪ̯] | 'hand' | |
Telugu | కాకి/kāki | [kāki] | 'crow' | |
Thai | ไก่/kị̀ | [kaj˨˩] | 'chicken' | |
Turkish | kulak | [kʰuɫäk] | 'ear' | |
Ubykh | кауар/kawar | [kawar] | 'slat' | |
Ukrainian[19] | колесо/koleso | [ˈkɔɫɛsɔ] | 'wheel' | |
Vietnamese[20] | cam | [kam] | 'orange' | |
Welsh | calon | [kalɔn] | 'heart' | |
West Frisian | keal | [kɪəl] | 'calf' | |
Yi | ꇰ / ge | [kɤ˧] | 'foolish' | |
Zapotec | Tilquiapan[21] | canza | [kanza] | 'walking' |