कु

Khaling

Noun

कु (ku)

water, juice, sap

Derived terms

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কু (Assamese script)
ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
কু (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ကု (Burmese script)
કુ (Gujarati script)
ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಕು (Kannada script)
កុ (Khmer script)
ກຸ (Lao script)
കു (Malayalam script)
ᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
କୁ (Odia script)
ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
කු (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
கு (Tamil script)
కు (Telugu script)
กุ (Thai script)
ཀུ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ku/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ku/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kū, formed from *kʷ-. Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬏 (kū), Albanian ku (“where?”), and Latin ubi. Related to किम् (kim, “what?”).

Monier-Williams theorizes that this was originally an interjectional interrogative word signifying "how (strange)!", which described an oddity or deficiency in something. See the prefix कु- (ku-) for more.

Pronoun

कु • (ku)

a pronominal base for interrogatives

Derived terms

कुतस् (kutas)
कुत्र (kutra)
कुविद् (kuvid)
कुह (kuha)
कू (kū)
क्व (kva)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

कु • (ku) stem, f

the earth
the ground or base of a triangle or other plane figure
the number one

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of कु
Nom. sg.	कुः (kuḥ)
Gen. sg.	कुवाः/ कोः (kuvāḥ/ koḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुः (kuḥ)	कू (kū)	कवः (kavaḥ)
Vocative	को (ko)	कू (kū)	कवः (kavaḥ)
Accusative	कुम् (kum)	कू (kū)	कूः (kūḥ)
Instrumental	क्वा (kvā)	कुभ्याम् (kubhyām)	कुभिः (kubhiḥ)
Dative	क्वै / कवे (kvai / kave)	कुभ्याम् (kubhyām)	कुभ्यः (kubhyaḥ)
Ablative	कुवाः/ कोः (kuvāḥ/ koḥ)	कुभ्याम् (kubhyām)	कुभ्यः (kubhyaḥ)
Genitive	कुवाः/ कोः (kuvāḥ/ koḥ)	क्वोः (kvoḥ)	कूनाम् (kūnām)
Locative	क्वाम् / कौ (kvām / kau)	क्वोः (kvoḥ)	कुषु (kuṣu)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Root

कु • (ku)

Alternative form of कू (kū)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290/2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359