| Ipa Number: | 109 + 401 |
| Ipa Symbol: | kʼ |
| Imagefile: | IPA Unicode 0x006B+0x02BC.svg |
| Decimal1: | 107 |
| Decimal2: | 700 |
| X-Sampa: | k_> |
| Kirshenbaum: | k` |
The velar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|kʼ).
Features of the velar ejective:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazian: [[Cyrillic script|а'''к'''ы]]/ | pronounced as /[akʼə]/ | 'one' | ||||
| Adyghe; Adygei: [[Cyrillic script|ш'''кӏ'''э]]/ | 'calf' | |||||
| Adyghe; Adygei: [[Cyrillic script|'''кӏь'''э]]/ | 'tail' | Palatalized. Corresponds to pronounced as /[t͡ʃʼ]/ in other dialects. | ||||
| Archi[1] | [[Cyrillic script|'''кI'''ан]]/ | pronounced as /[kʼan]/ | 'bottom' | |||
| Yerevan dialect | Armenian: [[Armenian alphabet|'''կ'''եղծ]]/ | pronounced as /[kʼɛʁt͡sʼ]/ | 'false' | Some speakers. Corresponds to tenuis pronounced as /[k⁼]/ in most speakers and other Eastern dialects. | ||
| Tbilisi dialect | Armenian: '''կ'''արմիր/ | [kʼɑɹmiɹ] | 'red' | |||
| Avaric: [[Cyrillic script|'''кӀ'''ул]]/ | pronounced as /[kʼuɫ]/ | 'key' | ||||
| Chechen: [[Cyrillic script|'''кӀ'''ант]]//Chechen: '''ࢰ'''آنت | pronounced as /[kʼənt]/ | 'boy' | ||||
| English[2] | Non-local Dublin[3] | pronounced as /[bækʼ]/ | 'back' | Allophone of pronounced as //k// for some speakers. | ||
| Pre-pausal allophone of pronounced as //k// for some speakers; may be somewhat palatalised. See English phonology | ||||||
| Southern English | ||||||
| Occasional word-final allophone of pronounced as //k//. | ||||||
| Georgian: [[Georgian scripts|'''კ'''აბა]]/ | pronounced as /[kʼɑbɑ]/ | 'dress' | ||||
| Haida: ttsans'''kk'''aagid | pronounced as /[tsʼanskʼaːkit]/ | 'beams' | ||||
| pronounced as /[kʼòːkʼɐ̄ɾī]/ | 'effort' | |||||
| Adyghe; Adygei: [[Cyrillic script|'''кӏь'''апсэ]]/ | 'rope' | Palatalized. Corresponds to pronounced as /[t͡ʃʼ]/ in other dialects. | ||||
| [[Kʼicheʼ language#Orthography|'''k{{` | pronounced as /[kʼaːkʼ]/ | 'new' | ||||
| [[Cyrillic script|'''кӀ'''лла]]//'''ࢰ'''الّا | pronounced as /[kʼalːa]/ | 'rootless, foreign'[4] | ||||
| Lezghian: [[Cyrillic script|'''кI'''ир]]/ | pronounced as /[kʼir]/ | 'fang' | ||||
| ta'''kʼ'''wa | pronounced as /[takʼʷa]/ | 'to vomit' | ||||
| Navajo | Navajo; Navaho: '''k{{` | pronounced as /[kʼòs]/ | 'cloud' | |||
| Ossetian | Iron | Ossetian; Ossetic: '''къ'''она/Ossetian; Ossetic: '''kh'''ona | pronounced as /[ˈkʼonä]/ | 'hearth' | ||
| Digoron | Ossetian; Ossetic: дзæ'''къ'''олæ/Ossetian; Ossetic: dzæ'''kh'''olæ | pronounced as /[d͡zəˈkʼoɫə]/ | 'bag' | |||
| Quechua: [[Quechua alphabet|'''k{{` | pronounced as /[kʼaspi]/ | 'stick' | ||||
| Sotho | ||||||
| Yeyi | Contrasts /kʼ kʲʼ ᵑkʼ/. | |||||
pronounced as /navigation/