ko
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).
NounEdit
ko (plural ko)
- (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.
- (game of Go) ko fight
- Black wins the ko easily.
- (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
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AiwooEdit
VerbEdit
ko
- to lie down
ReferencesEdit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
BambaraEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ko
- to say
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ko
- to wash
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bikol CentralEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ko
- by me
- Sinalo ko an bola. ― The ball was caught by me.
- of me
- An harong ko. ― My house.
- me
- Sa taas ko. ― Above me.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse *kōʀ (east), kýr (west), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, cognate with Swedish ko, English cow, German Kuh. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”), which is also the source of Latin bōs, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गौः (gáuḥ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ko” in Den Danske Ordbog
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ko (accusative singular ko-on, plural ko-oj, accusative plural ko-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
EweEdit
VerbEdit
ko
- to laugh
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
ko m (plural ko)
- Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)
GuananoEdit
NounEdit
ko
ReferencesEdit
- Kristine Stenzel, A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano)
GuaraníEdit
DeterminerEdit
ko
HawaiianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PrepositionEdit
ko
- 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
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
SynonymsEdit
Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:
- kamu (intimate)
- antum (informal, Muslim community)
- lu, lo (slang, Jakarta)
- coen, ko, kowe (slang, Java)
- koen (slang, East Java)
- kau (informal, Sumatra, West Kalimantan)
- engkau, kau, dikau (poetic)
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *ku. Akin to Finnish kun.
ConjunctionEdit
ko
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ko
KalashaEdit
AdverbEdit
ko
InterjectionEdit
ko
NounEdit
ko
KamtaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit কথযতি (katháyati). Cognate with Assamese ক (ko), Sylheti ꠇꠅꠀ (xooa), Bengali কওয়া (kôoẏa), Hindustani कहना (kahnā) / کہنا (kahnā).
VerbEdit
ko (ko)
ConjugationEdit
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
KirikiriEdit
NounEdit
ko
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)
- accusative of kas: what, who
- ko tu gribi apskatīt? ― what would you like to see?
ko (relative)
- accusative of kas: that
- teksts, ko tu lasi ― the text that you're reading
- accusative of kas: what, who
- tas ir tas, ko es domāju ― that is what I mean
- accusative of kas: which
InterjectionEdit
ko
LithuanianEdit
PronounEdit
ko
MaakaEdit
NounEdit
ko
ReferencesEdit
- Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6
MaoriEdit
ParticleEdit
ko
- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative
MapudungunEdit
NounEdit
ko (using Raguileo Alphabet)
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)
Usage notesEdit
It is nearly always used exclusively as part of a name or compound.
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)
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)
NyishiEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tani *koː.
NounEdit
ko
ReferencesEdit
- P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
Old NorseEdit
NounEdit
ko ?
- (East dialect) cow
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Wikipedia article Old Norse language
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
ko
Rapa NuiEdit
InterjectionEdit
ko
- exclamation suggesting a personal reaction
Usage notesEdit
For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.
ParticleEdit
ko
- particle prefixed to names as a determinative
RawaEdit
AdverbEdit
ko
ReferencesEdit
- Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷis).
Alternative formsEdit
- tkȍ (Croatia)
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)
- (Serbia, Bosnia, interrogatively) who
- (t)ko si ti? ― who are you
- (Serbia, Bosnia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
- bilo (t)ko ― anybody, anyone
- malo (t)ko ― very few people
- onaj (t)ko ― he who, whoever
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From kȁo.
ContractionEdit
ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)
- (colloquial) contraction of kȁo
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
SloveneEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See Serbo-Croatian ako.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ko
- when (at the time that)
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ConjunctionEdit
ko
- (colloquial) Alternative form of kot
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
ParticleEdit
ko
- indefinite / nonspecific locative class suffix, indefinite place indicator
- Eliud yuko Kenya
- Eliud is (there) in Kenya
InflectionEdit
Noun class | singular positive | plural positive | singular negative | plural negative |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st-Person | niko | tuko | siko | hatuko |
2nd-Person | uko | mko | huko | hamko |
M-wa class / 3rd-Person | yuko | wako | hayuko | hawako |
M-mi class | uko | iko | hauko | haiko |
Ma class | liko | yako | haliko | hayako |
Ki-vi class | kiko | viko | hakiko | haviko |
N class | iko | ziko | haiko | haziko |
U class | uko | uko | hauko | hauko |
Pa class | pako | pako | hapako | hapako |
Ku class | kuko | kuko | hakuko | hakuko |
Mu class | muko | muko | hamuko | hamuko |
See alsoEdit
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
- cow; female cattle
- Många kor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret. ― Many cows live in stables during the winter.
- 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
AnagramsEdit
TagalogEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ko
- by me
- Ang bola ay sinalo ko. ― The ball was caught by me'.
- of me
- Ang bahay ko. ― My' house.
- me
- Sa taas ko. ― Above me.
See alsoEdit
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, niyo | inyo | |
Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya, kanya |
plural | sila | nila | kanila | |
*First person dual pronouns are not commonly used. **Replaces "ko ikaw". |
TawortaEdit
NounEdit
ko
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
TokelauanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *ko. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻo and Samoan 'o.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
ko
- Marks an equational sentence.
- Marks the topic of the sentence.
- Marks the succeding noun as in apposition of the preceding noun.
- Placed after the conjunctions pe or ka.
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 163
TuvaluanEdit
ParticleEdit
ko
- present perfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb
VietnameseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
AdverbEdit
ko
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).
PrepositionEdit
ko
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-West Germanic *kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ko c (plural kij, diminutive koke)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ko”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
WolofEdit
PronounEdit
ko
See alsoEdit
XhosaEdit
PronounEdit
-ko
- Combining stem of kona.
YorubaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ò (frequently used after personal pronouns)
ParticleEdit
kò
- not (placed before a verb to negate it)
ZazakiEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ko m