कु
Khaling edit
Noun edit
कु (ku)
Derived terms edit
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perhaps, as theorized by Monier, originally an interjectional interrogative word like "how strange!" which described an oddity or deficiency in something, and thus from Proto-Indo-European *ku, formed from the base root *kʷ-.
Particle edit
कु • (ku)
- a pronominal base appearing in kútas, kútra, kuvíd, kúha, kvá, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
- perhaps it originally signified "how (strange!)"
- as a separate word, it occurs only in the lengthened form कू (kū́)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
कु • (ku) stem, f
Declension edit
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) |
References edit
- 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