KA

Status: conventional. The conventional value carried over from Linear B.

Phonetic value

Field	Value
Value	/ka/
Alternates	/ga/, /qa/
Linear B	B 77, value ka
Linear B Unicode	U+1000F LINEAR B SYLLABLE B077 KA
Neutralization class	K

Alternate values

Value	Evidence
/ga/	K-class neutralization
/qa/	K-class neutralization

Forms cited for the value

A-KA-NU = agānu (Gordon: 'bowl')
KA-RO-PA₃ = karpu (Gordon: 'vase')
KA-DU-MA-NE (Gordon PN)

Note

No CH ancestor—Linear A innovation, possibly from MM seal whirl motif (Ferrara et al. 2022)

Lexicon words written with this sign

Word	Proposed reading	Confidence
*306-TI-KA-A-RE	ʿatīq+are	Candidate
*333-DI-NA-SU-KA	bīdi Našūka	Speculative
*333-DI-SU-KA	bīdi Sūka	Speculative
A-DA-KI-SI-KA	Ḫadki-šiqā	Speculative
A-KA-NU	ʾagānu	Confirmed
A-KA-RU	Agaru	Probable
A-KA-TA	ʾAkkata	Speculative
A-SA-DA-KA	ʾaṣdaqa	Candidate
A-SI-JA-KA	šawīqu	Candidate
A-TI-KA	ʿAtīqa	Speculative
DA-KA	dagu	Candidate
DI-DI-KA-SE	Djed-ka(.s)	Speculative
I-KA	ʾikkār	Speculative
I-NA-TA-I-ZU-DI-SI-KA	ʿInatī ṯudī-šiqā	Speculative
KA	kapp	Candidate
KA-*305	ka-ḏā	Speculative
KA-*314-SI	Kaḥas	Speculative
KA-DI	kadd	Probable
KA-DU-MA-NE	Qadmān	Confirmed
KA-I-RO	kāʾil	Speculative
KA-JU	kallû	Speculative
KA-KU	Kakku	Speculative
KA-KU-NE-TE	Kakku-ʿAnēt	Speculative
KA-KU-PA	kawkab	Candidate
KA-NA	qana / qanû	Candidate
KA-NA-NI-TI	kanaʿanītī	Candidate
KA-NA-TI	kanasti	Speculative
KA-NI-JA-MI	qāniy-yammi	Speculative
KA-NU-TI	Ganuti	Speculative
KA-PA	kapa(r)	Candidate
KA-PO-RU	kapōru	Speculative
KA-RE-RO	Kariru	Speculative
KA-RI-*310-I	Qarīnī	Speculative
KA-RO-NA	Qarna	Probable
KA-RO-PA₃	karbu	Probable
KA-RU	karru	Speculative
KA-SA-RU	Qaṣṣāru	Candidate
KA-TA-RE	kaṯare	Speculative
KA-TI	Qāti	Speculative
KA-U-DE-TA	Kaw-tatta	Speculative
KA-U-ZU-NI	Kawṯuni	Speculative
MA-KA-I-SE	Makī-se	Speculative
MA-KA-I-TA	Makīt	Speculative
MA-KA-RI-TE	makkārītu	Candidate
O-KA-MI-ZA-SI-I-NA	Ukammis-Sîn	Speculative
PA₃-KA-RA-TI	baqarāti	Candidate
PI-TA-KA-SE	Bīt-kissē	Speculative
RI-KA-TA	Likata	Speculative
RU-KA	ruqāq	Speculative
SI+SE-RA+KA	šeraka	Speculative
SI-KA	šikā	Candidate
SI-KA (IOZa6)	šiqā	Candidate
TA-NI-KA	Taʿnaku	Speculative
U-KA-RE	ʾugār	Speculative
U-NA-KA-NA-SI	wannā kanāsī / winnā kanāsī	Confirmed
U-NA-RU-KA-NA-SI	wannā lū kanāsī	Candidate
U-NA-RU-KA-NA-TI	wannā lū kanasti / winnā lū kanasti	Candidate
VIR+KA	VIR+KA	Candidate

Updated 24 October 2026

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