kꜣ(Lemma ID 162870)
Hieroglyphic spelling: 𓂓
Persistent ID:
162870
Persistent URL:
https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/lemma/162870
Lemma list: Hieroglyphic/hieratic
Word class: common noun (masc.)
Translation
de
Ka; Lebenskraft
en
ka; spirit; essence
fr
ka; force vitale
Attestation in the TLA text corpus
2214
Attestation time frame in the TLA text corpus:
from
2842 BCE
to
324 CE
Spellings in the TLA text corpus:
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𓂓 | 2× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1, 2 ) | 231× N.m:sg (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 5× N.m:sg:stc ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) | 211× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 )
𓂓var | 5× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 )
𓂓𓀁𓏥 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂓𓀮 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓁐 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂓𓂓 | 1× N.m:du:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓂓𓂓 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 ) | 16× N.m:pl (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 3× N.m:pl:stc ( 1, 2, 3 ) | 20× N.m:pl:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 )
𓂓𓂓𓂓𓀭 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂓𓂓𓂓𓂓 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓂓𓏤 | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓𓂸 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓂺𓀭 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓄿 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓅆 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 ) | 2× N.m:sg ( 1, 2 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓊹 | 3× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3 ) | 21× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 )
𓂓𓊹𓏥 | 4× N.m:pl ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 ) | 3× N.m:pl:stc ( 1, 2, 3 )
𓂓𓊹𓏨 | 6× N.m:pl ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 )
𓂓𓊹𓏪 | 2× N.m:pl:stc ( 1, 2 ) | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓𓊾 | 1× N.m:sg:stc ( 1 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓊾var | 2× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2 )
𓂓𓊾𓀭𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏏 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏏𓆇 | 19× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 1× PREP:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤 | 48× N.m(infl. unedited) (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 293× N.m:sg (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 32× N.m:sg:stc (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 285× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 19× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓀀 | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓀭 | 11× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓀭𓏪 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓀮𓏥 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓁐 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 ) | 2× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2 )
𓂓𓏤𓅆 | 10× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stc ( 1 ) | 37× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 )
𓂓𓏤𓅆𓏥 | 2× N.m:sg ( 1, 2 ) | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓅆𓏪 | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓈓 | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 ) | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓊹𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓊹𓏨 | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓊹𓏪 | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓊾 | 3× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1, 2, 3 )
𓂓𓏤𓏛𓏥 | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏥 | 5× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) | 2× N.m:pl ( 1, 2 ) | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 ) | 4× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏥𓀭𓏥 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏨 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏨𓊹 | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏲𓏛 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏥 | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 ) | 3× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤𓏥𓏤 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤 | 3× N.m:pl ( 1, 2, 3 )
𓂓𓏤𓀭 | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 )
𓂓𓏥 | 2× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1, 2 ) | 2× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2 )
𓂓𓏪 | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 )
𓂓𓏼 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
𓂔 | 4× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) | 21× N.m:sg (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 32× N.m:sg:stc (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 38× N.m:sg:stpr (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 )
𓂔𓀭 | 1× N.m(infl. unedited) ( 1 )
𓂔𓀭var | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂔𓀭𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
𓂔𓂔𓂔 | 2× N.m:pl ( 1, 2 ) | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
𓂔𓅆 | 3× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3 ) | 3× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3 )
𓂔𓎟 | 1× N.m:sg:stc ( 1 )
𓂔𓏏𓏤 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂔𓏤 | 1× N.m:sg:stc ( 1 ) | 2× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2 )
𓂔𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
𓃒 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓏤𓂓 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
D168 | 5× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 )
D169 | 4× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3, 4 )
D181Avar | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
D181B | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
D182 | 9× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 )
D184 | 7× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 )
D185 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
D186 | 3× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3 )
D363 | 2× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2 )
US9D161VARA | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
US9D28VARA𓏤𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
US9D28VARB[] | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
US9D28VARB𓏤 | 17× N.m:sg (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ) | 8× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 )
⸮? | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
[]𓂓 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
[]𓏤 | 6× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
[]𓏤𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 ) | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
⸮𓂓? | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
⸮𓂓𓊹? | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
⸮𓂓𓏤?𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl ( 1 )
⸮𓉐? | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓US9R12VARA𓏤 | 4× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4 )
𓂓⸮? | 1× N.m:sg ( 1 )
𓂓[] | 7× N.m:sg ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ) | 1× N.m:sg:stc ( 1 ) | 7× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 )
𓂓[]𓏥 | 1× N.m:pl:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓⸮?var𓏤 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓊹[] | 1× N.m:pl:stc ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤[]𓅆 | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
𓂓𓏤⸮𓊹? | 1× N.m:sg:stc ( 1 )
𓂔[] | 1× N.m:sg:stpr ( 1 )
- Wb 5, 86.10-89.11
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- Hierarchical relation (“superordinate / referring by”):
- In accordance with the widely accepted grammatical analysis that adjectives and corresponding verbal lemmata are productively related, adjectives usually provide links to the respective (superordinate) verbal lemma (and vice versa).
- Collocational lemmata entries such as jri̯ (sḫr.w) ‘to take care’ link to their superordinate kernel lemma (jri̯ ‘to make’). Likewise entries that represent contextually especially noteworthy semantics such as jri̯ (plus descendant name) ‘to engender’ link to their superordinate lemma (jri̯ ‘to make’).
- Diachronic relation (“successor / predecessor”): Historically related entries in the hieroglyphic/hieratic lemma list and the Demotic lemma list are interlinked as successors or predecessors, respectively. (still in progress.)
- Part/whole relation (“parts / part of”): Multi-word lemmata, i.e., lemma that consist of two or more words, provide links to the lemma entries for their respective parts (and vice versa). For example, the compound ḥw.t-nṯr “temple” refers to the two separate lemmata ḥw.t “mansion” and nṯr “god” (and vice versa). (still in progress.)
- Root relation (“root / root of”): Entries for basic, i.e., single-word lemmata provide references to their consonantal root (and vice versa).
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External references
Legacy TLA
162870
Digitized Slip Archive
162870
Erman & Grapow, Wb.
86
Projet Karnak
95
Projet Ramsès
5170
Vocabulaire de l’Égyptien Ancien
4176
Wikidata
L1381087
Editor(s):
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache;
with contributions by:
Lisa Seelau,
Annik Wüthrich,
Simon D. Schweitzer
Data file created:
before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest revision:
08/07/2025
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(Full citation)"kꜣ" (Lemma ID 162870) <https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/lemma/162870>, edited by AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache, with contributions by Lisa Seelau, Annik Wüthrich, Simon D. Schweitzer, in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 20, Web app version 2.4, 1/21/2026, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils on behalf of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig (accessed: xx.xx.20xx)(Short citation)
https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/lemma/162870, in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (accessed: xx.xx.20xx)
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