Ku

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Translingual

Symbol

Ku

1. (chemistry) The chemical symbol of kurchatovium.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 쿠 (ku).

Proper noun

Ku (plural Kus)

1. A surname from Korean.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ku is the 6877^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4888 individuals. Ku is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (85.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ku”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 359.

Anagrams

• U.K., UK, uK

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 古 (gǔ).

Proper noun

Ku

1. a surname from Hakka

Limburgish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

Ku f (plural Kö) (Eupen)

1. cow (female bovine animal at or near adulthood)

Saterland Frisian

n Ku.

Etymology

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-West Germanic *kū. Cognates include West Frisian ko and German Kuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Hyphenation: Ku
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

Ku f (plural Bäiste)

1. cow

Derived terms

• Kufúgel
• Moalkku

 

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Ku”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Symbol

Ku

1. (SAB) general social history

   Holonym: K

   Meronyms: Ku.2, Ku.3, Ku.4, Ku.5, Ku.6, Ku-a, Ku-b, Ku-c, Ku-d, Ku-e, Ku-f, Ku-g, Ku-h, Ku-i, Ku-j, Ku-k, Ku-l, Ku-m, Ku-n, Ku-o, Ku-p, Ku-q, Ku-r

   Coordinate terms: K.2, K.3, K.4, K.5, K.6, Kc, Kd, Ke, Kf, Kg, Kh, Ki, Kj, Kk, Kl, Km, Kn, Ko, Kt, Ku, Kv, Ky