单词 | ka |
释义 | kan. The name given by the ancient Egyptians to a spiritual part of a human being or a god which survived after death and could reside in a statue of the dead person. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [noun] > as residing in statue kaa1892 a1892 Ld. Tennyson in A. G. Weld Glimpses Tennyson (1903) 119 I believe that beside our material body we possess an immaterial body, something like what the ancient Egyptians called the Ka. 1905 E. F. Benson Image in Sand i. 11 Somebody's Ka—his ghost, you know, or his astral body. 1923 Glasgow Herald 22 Feb. 4 The Princess has a Ka, or better self. 1952 J. M. White Anc. Egypt 40 The Ka lived in the tomb with the mummy. 1968 V. Ions Egyptian Mythol. 123 The ka, the vital principle of a man or of a god. 1972 Daily Tel. 3 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 29/4 The Ancient Egyptians, whose civilisation goes back earlier than 3,000 BC, believed that the ka or spirit of a man could only survive if his body was preserved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † kav. Obsolete exc. dialect. A word found only in the phrases ka me, ka thee, or ka me and I'll ka (also kob) thee, which imply mutual help, service, flattery, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > mutual co-operation [phrase] ka me and I'll ka (also kob) thee1550 you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours1704 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Ciiv Ka me, ka the, one good tourne askth an other. 1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus Sat. i. B ij b To keepe this rule, kaw me and I kaw thee. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 522 Now nature stoode ever on this pointe, Kae me Ile kae thee. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe ii. sig. B4v K. mee, k. thee. runnes through Court and Countrey. Secu. Well said..These K's ope the doores to all this worldes felicitie. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. E1v But kay me Ile kay thee, giue mee an inch to day Ile giue thee an ell to morrow. a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) ii. i. 18 If you'll be so kinde to ka me one good turn, I'll be so courteous to kob you another. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. Gv Turn'd into Jackdaw, and grew as black as a Crow, Filching, and Kaw me and Ile Kaw thee, ever after. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 227 Kae me, and I'll kae thee; Spoken when great People invite and feast one another, and neglect the Poor. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words ‘Kaa me, kaa thee’, or ‘Kaa mee an' aa'll kaa thee’, a common saying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmaska. ka. n.), extracted from Kn.< n.a1892v.1550 as lemmas |
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