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ke

ka

masc nom sg of ka (interr); masc nom pl of ka (interr); nt nom pl of ka (interr); masc acc pl of ka (interr); …

1. ka (pron): who?; what?; which?
2. ka (pron): where?
3. ka (nt): water
4. ki (pron): who?; what?; which?
5. ke (pron): who?; what?; which?
6. kā (fem): doing; performing; making

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *kwo-, the stem of interrogative and relative pronouns; cognate with English who, German wer, Latin quī, Greek pós. The interrogative force persists across all Indo-European languages as the ancestral question-word for persons and things.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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