Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
kra
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.

noun

A long-tailed macaque of India and Sumatra, reddish-olive in colour with black spots and tail.

name

A branch of the Kra-Dai language family spoken in southern China and northern Vietnam.

name

Initialism of Kenya Revenue Authority.

noun

Initialism of key result area.

Etymology

Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999 from a reconstruction of a Proto-Kra endonym cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa, “slave”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

KRAs (plural)

Phrases

Kra Isthmus

Frequently Paired Words

Kra Isthmus

Questions

What does kra mean?
The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.
Where does kra come from?
Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999 from a reconstruction of a Proto-Kra endonym cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa, “slave”).

How to pronounce kra

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