ку

See also: кю and қу

Adyghe

Etymology 1

Letter

ку • (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу

Etymology 2

Compare Kabardian гу (gʷu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷə]

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Noun

ку • (kʷu)

1. carriage
2. cart
3. wagon

Declension

declension of ку

case	singular	plural
indefinite	куэ (kʷɛ)	куэхэ (kʷɛxɛ)
nominative	куэр (kʷɛr)	куэхэр (kʷɛxɛr)
ergative	куэм (kʷɛm)	куэхэмэ (kʷɛxɛmɛ)
instrumental	куэ(м)кӏэ (kʷɛ(m)kʼɛ)	куэхэ(м)кӏэ (kʷɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive	куыу (kʷəwu)	кухыу (kʷuxəwu)

Synonyms

• кухьэ (kʷuḥɛ)

Chuvash

Etymology

From Volga Bulgar ك‎.

Determiner

ку • (ku)

1. this

Further reading

• “ку”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (in Russian-Chuvash, Chuvash-Russian), 1996.

Kabardian

Letter

ку • (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

1. The twentieth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Э э, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Кхъу кхъу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Фӏ фӏ, Х х, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Щӏ щӏ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From a Permic *kud.

Noun

ку • (ku)

1. leather
2. hide

Macedonian

Noun

ку • (ku) n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

Mator

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *koəj, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.

Noun

ку (transliteration needed)

1. birch

References

• http://digit.bibl.u-szeged.hu/00000/00094/00041/altaica_041_000-475.pdf

Omok

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Uralic *kume.

Noun

ку (ku)

1. snow

References

• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg, page 120

Russian

Alternative forms

• кю (kju)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku]

• Audio

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Noun

ку • (ku) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

Udmurt

Etymology

From a Permic *kud.

Noun

ку • (ku)

1. leather
2. hide

Yagnobi

Pronoun

ку (ku)

1. where