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"k" usually implies apathy or anger towards the statement it is responding to,[1] in a less emphatic way than "K".

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k

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Azerbaijani[edit]

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k lower case (upper case K)

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Czech k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA(key): [k]
• (before a voiced consonant) IPA(key): [ɡ]

Preposition[edit]

k (+ dative)

1. to, toward, towards (movement towards a person)

   Šel jsem si k mému bratrovi pro půjčku. ― I went to my brother for a loan.

2. to (in the direction of rather than a destination)

   V jedné chvíli jsem si uvědomila, že jdu směrem k domu. ― At some point, i found myself walking towards the house.

3. to, up to

   takže jsem vstala a šla k oknu. ― So I got up and I went to the window.

4. for, to (purpose)

   Co si dáš k obědu? ― What will you have for lunch?

   něco k jídlu. ― Something to eat.

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This preposition is followed by the dative case.

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Further reading[edit]

• k in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• k in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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• Previous letter: j
• Next letter: l
• 'k

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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Conjunction[edit]

k

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Estonian[edit]

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k (upper case K)

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Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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k

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k (lower case, upper case K)

Pronunciation[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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Romanization[edit]

k

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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Further reading[edit]

• k in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Pronunciation[edit]

• (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /k/
• (letter name) IPA(key): /ke/

k (upper case K)

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Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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Italian[edit]

k f (invariable)

k

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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Livonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k (upper case K)

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

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Preposition[edit]

k (with dative)

Lushootseed[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k

1. The seventeenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.

k (lower case, upper case K)

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Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /k/
• IPA(key): /ɡ/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

k (lower case, upper case K)

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Norwegian[edit]

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k

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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Pronunciation[edit]

k (upper case K, lower case)

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Further reading[edit]

• k in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• k in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

k (lower case, upper case K)

Usage notes[edit]

Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns.

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See Translingual section.

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k (Cyrillic spelling к)

1. The 15th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by j and followed by l.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Alternative forms[edit]

Preposition[edit]

k (Cyrillic spelling к) (+ dative case)

Usage notes[edit]

Although both k and ka can be used synonymously, k must take the alternative form ka in the following environment: