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ko

See also: kő, Appendix:Variations of "ko", and کوه‎

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EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

NounEdit

ko (plural ko)

  1. (game of Go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
    Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
  2. (game of Go) ko fight
    Black wins the ko easily.
  3. (game of Go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
    Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

TranslationsEdit

Translations

AnagramsEdit

AiwooEdit

VerbEdit

ko

  1. to lie down

ReferencesEdit

BambaraEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ko

  1. to say

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ko

  1. to wash

ReferencesEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse kýr (East dialect ko, compare Swedish ko), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

NounEdit

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

  1. cow

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ko
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ko koen køer køerne
genitive kos koens køers køernes

ReferencesEdit

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio
    		(file)

NounEdit

ko (accusative singular ko-on, plural ko-oj, accusative plural ko-ojn)

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

See alsoEdit

EweEdit

VerbEdit

ko

  1. to laugh

FrenchEdit

NounEdit

ko m (plural ko)

  1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

GuananoEdit

NounEdit

ko

  1. water
  2. medicine
  3. relative, fellow Kotiria

ReferencesEdit

  • Kristine Stenzel, A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano)

HawaiianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PrepositionEdit

ko

  1. of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, o-type
    ko mākou hale ― our house
    ko ke kumu kaʻa ― the teacher's car

See alsoEdit

Hawaiian possessive pronouns
The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions.
singular dual plural
1st person koʻu, kaʻu
kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type) 		ko māua, kā māua (exclusive)
ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive) 		ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive)
ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive)
2nd person kou, kāu
kō (affectionate, o- and a-type) 		ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
3rd person kona, kāna ko lāua, kā lāua ko lākou, kā lākou

IndonesianEdit

PronounEdit

ko

  1. (Java, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

SynonymsEdit

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of コ

KalashaEdit

AdverbEdit

ko

  1. why

InterjectionEdit

ko

  1. why

NounEdit

ko

  1. why

KamtaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit কথযতি (katháyati). Cognate with Assamese ক (ko), Sylheti ꠇꠅꠀ (xooa), Bengali কওয়া (kôoya), Hindustani कहना (kahnā) / کہنا‎ (kahnā).

VerbEdit

ko

  1. say
  2. tell
    Oĩ mök koisil.
    He told me
  3. speak
    kotha ko ― speak
ConjugationEdit
impersonal forms of ko
Stem ko
Gerund koöa
Conjugative koia
Infinitive koibar
Agentive koure
Converb koite
Progressive participle koite koite
Reason koöat
Conditional participle koile
Perfect participle koia
Habitual participle koia koia
Conjugation forms of ko
Person First person Second person Third person
informal formal informal formal
singular plural singular plural singular plural
muĩ amra tuĩ tömra oĩ umra
Present
Imperfective koṅ koi koiṣ kon koe
Continuous koia asoṅ koia asi koia asiṣ koia asen koia ase
Perfective koisoṅ koisi kosiṣ koisen koise
Past
Recent koluṅ koiloṅ kolu koilen koil ~ koilek
Distant & Habitual kosiluṅ koisiloṅ kosilu koisilen koisil ~ koisilek
Continuous koia asluṅ koia aisloṅ koia aslu koi aislen koia asil ~ koia aislek
Future
Indicative koim komö kobu koiben koibe
Continuous koia thakim koia thakmö koia thakpu koia thaikpen koia thaikpe
Others
Imperative — ko kon kouk

KarelianEdit

ParticleEdit

ko

  1. like, as

KirikiriEdit

NounEdit

ko

  1. woman

Further readingEdit

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

LatvianEdit

PronounEdit

ko (interrogative)

  1. what, who (accusative case of kas)
    ko tu gribi apskatīt? ― what would you like to see?

ko (relative)

  1. that (accusative case of kas)
    teksts, ko tu lasi ― the text that you're reading
  2. what, who (accusative case of kas)
    tas ir tas, ko es domāju ― that is what I mean
  3. which (accusative case of kas)

InterjectionEdit

ko

  1. sorry?
  2. pardon?
  3. what?

LithuanianEdit

PronounEdit

ko

  1. what

MaakaEdit

NounEdit

ko

  1. head

ReferencesEdit

MaoriEdit

ParticleEdit

ko

  1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative

MapudungunEdit

NounEdit

ko (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
  • Estudios de lengua y cultura amerindias II (1998) (spells it có)

Min NanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 高)

  1. high
  2. tall

Usage notesEdit

It is nearly always used exclusively as part of a name or compound.

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)

  1. paste; cream

Usage notesEdit

It is nearly always used exclusively as part of a name or compound.

Derived termsEdit

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • co (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

NounEdit

ko m (plural kos)

  1. (Sark, anatomy) neck

NyishiEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tani *koː.

NounEdit

ko

  1. child
  2. son

ReferencesEdit

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old NorseEdit

NounEdit

ko ?

  1. (East dialect) cow

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

PronounEdit

ko

  1. masculine nominative singular of ka

Rapa NuiEdit

InterjectionEdit

ko

  1. exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

Usage notesEdit

For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.

ParticleEdit

ko

  1. particle prefixed to names as a determinative

RawaEdit

AdverbEdit

ko

  1. again

ReferencesEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷis).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

  1. (Serbia, Bosnia, interrogatively) who
    (t)ko si ti? ― who are you
  2. (Serbia, Bosnia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
    bilo (t)ko ― anybody, anyone
    malo (t)ko ― very few people
    onaj (t)ko ― he who, whoever
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ko
singular/plural
nominative tkȍ, kȍ
genitive kòga, kȍg
dative kòmu, kòme, kȍm
accusative kòga, kȍg
vocative —
locative kòm, kòme
instrumental kȋm, kíme

Etymology 2Edit

From kȁo.

ContractionEdit

ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)

  1. (colloquial) contraction of kȁo
Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “ko” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “ko” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SloveneEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Serbo-Croatian ako.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ko

  1. when (at the time that)

Etymology 2Edit

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ConjunctionEdit

ko

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of kot

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ko, from East Old Norse ko, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Old West Norse kýr and English cow.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ko c

  1. cow; female cattle
    Många kor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret
    Many cows live in stables during the winter.
  2. a female member of a number of other species, such as elk
    Jag såg en älgko och hennes kalv när jag var i skogen.
    I saw an elk cow and her calf when I was in the forest.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ko 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ko kon kor korna
Genitive kos kons kors kornas

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ko

  1. my

PronounEdit

ko

  1. I (as actor of a verb)
  2. me

See alsoEdit

Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual kita/kata* nita/nata* kanita/kanata* (ata)*
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo ninyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
*not commonly used


TawortaEdit

NounEdit

ko

  1. egg

Further readingEdit

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Tocharian AEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Compare Tocharian B keu, English cow.

NounEdit

ko

  1. cow

TuvaluanEdit

ParticleEdit

ko

  1. present perfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

VietnameseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

AdverbEdit

ko

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of không.

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).

PrepositionEdit

ko

  1. with

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

NounEdit

ko c (plural kij, diminutive koke)

  1. cow

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “ko”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

WolofEdit

PronounEdit

ko

  1. him/her/it (third-person singular object pronoun)

See alsoEdit

Wolof personal pronouns
singular subject plural subject singular object plural object
1st person man nun ma nu
2nd person yow yeen la leen
3rd person moom ñoom ko leen

XhosaEdit

PronounEdit

-ko

  1. Combining stem of kona.

ZazakiEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈko]
  • Hyphenation: ko

EtymologyEdit

From Persian کوه‎ (kuh).

NounEdit

ko m

  1. (geography) mountain
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