kohe
See also: kohë
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
kohe (not comparable)
- at once, immediately, right away
- Mine kohe poodi! ― Go to the store at once!
- right, in the immediate distance of
- Kuur on kohe selle puu taga. ― The barn is right behind that tree.
- (figuratively) soon, in a minute
- Rahune maha, ma kohe tulen. ― Calm down, I'll be there soon. (literally, “I'm coming right away”, but this is most likely not the intention of the speaker)
Hawaiian edit
Noun edit
kohe
Karajá edit
Interjection edit
kohe
Usage notes edit
- This term is used in both women's and men's speech.
References edit
- Michael Dunn, Gender determined dialect variation, in The Expression of Gender (edited by Greville G. Corbett)
Maori edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *kofe (cognate with Rarotongan ko'e, Samoan ʻofe, Hawaiian ʻohe). Sense of tree comes from similarity of thick stems and leaflet bases to bamboo fronds displacing the original meaning.
Noun edit
kohe
Derived terms edit
- kohekohe (by reduplication)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kohe
- Passiflora tetrandra, a kind of passionfruit endemic to New Zealand.
References edit
- “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2023
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 155
Warao edit
Noun edit
kohe