"Berber of Algeria and Tunisia," 1738, also their language (1882), from French, from Arabic qaba'il, plural of qabilah "tribe, horde."
*ka-
Kaaba
kabbalah
kabuki
Kabul
Kabyle
*kad-
kaddish
*kae-id-
kaffeeklatsch
Kaffir
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