кӧ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ke, cognates include Finnish ken and Hungarian ki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kø/
• Rhymes: -ø
• Hyphenation: кӧ

Pronoun

кӧ • (kö)

1. (interrogative) who

   кӧ тушто?

   kö tušto?

   who is there?

2. anybody, anyone, somebody, someone

   кӧ толеш, тек вучалтат

   kö toĺeš, tek vučaltat

   if anybody comes, they should wait

3. (кӧ... кӧ:) some... others

   кӧ келша, кӧ ваштареш

   kö kelša, kö vaštareš

   some are for, others are against

Derived terms

pronouns

• ала-кӧ (ala-kö)
• иктаж-кӧ (iktaž-kö)
• кӧн (kön)

 

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “кӧ”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna