kudo
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kudo (plural kudos)
- (nonstandard, proscribed) A compliment or praise.
- 1929 February 18, Harkness Lampooned, Time[1], archived from the original on 28 November 2007:
- Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.
Translations edit
Verb edit
kudo (third-person singular simple present kudos, present participle kudoing, simple past and past participle kudoed)
- (transitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To give a compliment or praise to.
- 1962, Box Office, volume 80, page 6:
- The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors."
- 2001, Richard L. Hemenez, The United States Marine Corps in Books and the Performing Arts, page 450:
- This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations.
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kudo
- inflection of kutoa:
Anagrams edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kudo (plural kudi)
Derived terms edit
- kudigar (“to make an elbow”)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kudo
Javanese edit
Noun edit
kudo
- Nonstandard spelling of kuda.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kudo m (uncountable)
Hypernyms edit
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kutu. Cognates include Finnish kutu.
Noun edit
kudo
- spawn (of fish, amphibians)
Inflection edit
Inflection of kudo (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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nominative sing. | kudo | ||
genitive sing. | kudon | ||
partitive sing. | kudod | ||
partitive plur. | — | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kudo | — | |
accusative | kudon | — | |
genitive | kudon | — | |
partitive | kudod | — | |
essive-instructive | kudon | — | |
translative | kudoks | — | |
inessive | kudos | — | |
elative | kudospäi | — | |
illative | kudoho | — | |
adessive | kudol | — | |
ablative | kudolpäi | — | |
allative | kudole | — | |
abessive | kudota | — | |
comitative | kudonke | — | |
prolative | kudodme | — | |
approximative I | kudonno | — | |
approximative II | kudonnoks | — | |
egressive | kudonnopäi | — | |
terminative I | kudohosai | — | |
terminative II | kudolesai | — | |
terminative III | kudossai | — | |
additive I | kudohopäi | — | |
additive II | kudolepäi | — |