See also: кю and қу

Adyghe edit

Etymology 1 edit

Letter edit

ку (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Kabardian гу (gʷu).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kʷə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ку (kʷu)

  1. carriage
  2. cart
  3. wagon
Declension edit
Synonyms edit

Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

From Volga Bulgar ك.

Determiner edit

ку (ku)

  1. this

Further reading edit

  • ку”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Kabardian edit

Letter edit

ку (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also edit

Komi-Permyak edit

Etymology edit

From a Permic *kud.

Noun edit

ку (ku)

  1. leather
  2. hide

Macedonian edit

Noun edit

ку (kun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Mator edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samoyedic *koəj, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.

Noun edit

ку (transliteration needed)

  1. birch

References edit

Omok edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps related to Proto-Uralic *kume.

Noun edit

ку (ku)

  1. snow

References edit

  • Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 120

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ку (kun inan (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Udmurt edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈku]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ку

Etymology 1 edit

 
Ку.

From Proto-Permic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *kopa. Cognates include Eastern Mari куво (kuvo, husk).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian ку (ku) and Komi-Yazva ку (ku).

Noun edit

ку (ku)

  1. skin, leather, fur, hide
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Permic *kod, from Proto-Uralic *ku-. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian кор (kor).

Adverb edit

ку (ku)

  1. when

Conjunction edit

ку (ku)

  1. when
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “ку”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 334
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 126

Yagnobi edit

Pronoun edit

ку (ku)

  1. where