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Definitions and meaning of ko

ko

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ/
  • Homophone: Co.

Noun

ko (plural ko)

  1. (game of Go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
  2. (game of Go) ko fight
  3. (game of Go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • O. K., OK, OK., Ok, Ok., ok

Aiwoo

Verb

ko

  1. to lie down

References

  • 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.

Bambara

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kò]

Verb

ko

  1. to say

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kó]

Verb

ko

  1. to wash

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ko/

Pronoun

ko

  1. by me
  2. of me
  3. me

Danish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːˀ/, [ˈkʰoˀ]

Noun

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

  1. cow

Declension

References

  • “ko” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko/
  • Hyphenation: ko
  • Audio:

Noun

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

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

See also

  • (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

Ewe

Verb

ko

  1. to laugh

French

Noun

ko m (plural ko)

  1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

Guanano

Noun

ko

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

References

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

Guaraní

Determiner

ko

  1. this

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

  • kō

Preposition

ko

  1. of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, o-type

See also

Indonesian

Pronoun

ko

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

Synonyms

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)

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *ku. Akin to Finnish kun.

Conjunction

ko

  1. when, as

Japanese

Romanization

ko

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

Kalasha

Adverb

ko

  1. why

Interjection

ko

  1. why

Noun

ko

  1. why

Kamta

Etymology

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

Verb

ko (ko)

  1. say
  2. tell
  3. speak
Conjugation

Karelian

Particle

ko

  1. like, as

Kirikiri

Noun

ko

  1. woman

Further reading

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

Latvian

Pronoun

ko (interrogative)

  1. accusative of kas: what, who

ko (relative)

  1. accusative of kas: that
  2. accusative of kas: what, who
  3. accusative of kas: which

Interjection

ko

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

Lithuanian

Pronoun

ko

  1. what

Maaka

Noun

ko

  1. head

References

  • Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6

Maori

Particle

ko

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

Mapudungun

Noun

ko (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. water

References

  • 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 Nan

Adjective

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 高)

  1. high
  2. tall

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

  • 高速 (ko-sok, “high-speed”)
  • 高溫／高温 (ko-un, “high-temperature”)

Noun

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)

  1. paste; cream

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

  • 齒膏／齿膏 (khí-ko, “toothpaste”)

Norman

Alternative forms

  • co (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy)

Etymology

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

Noun

ko m (plural kos)

  1. (Sark, anatomy) neck

Nyishi

Alternative forms

  • ku

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *koː.

Noun

ko

  1. child
  2. son

References

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

Old Norse

Noun

ko ?

  1. (East dialect) cow

See also

  • kýr

References

  • Wikipedia article Old Norse language

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ko

  1. masculine nominative singular of ka

Rapa Nui

Interjection

ko

  1. exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

Usage notes

For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.

Particle

ko

  1. particle prefixed to names as a determinative

Rawa

Adverb

ko

  1. again

References

  • Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • tkȍ (Croatia)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kô/

Pronoun

kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

  1. (Serbia, Bosnia, interrogatively) who
  2. (Serbia, Bosnia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
Declension

Etymology 2

From kȁo.

Contraction

ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)

  1. (colloquial) contraction of kȁo
Related terms
  • kȁo

References

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

Slovene

Etymology 1

See Serbo-Croatian ako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ/

Conjunction

ko

  1. when (at the time that)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

ko

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of kot

Swahili

Pronunciation

Particle

ko

  1. indefinite / nonspecific locative class suffix, indefinite place indicator

Inflection

See also

  • po: definite place indicator
  • mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator

Swedish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuː/

Noun

ko c

  1. cow; female cattle
  2. a female member of a number of other species, such as elk

Declension

Related terms

See also

References

  • ko in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • OK, ok

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ku, from Proto-Austronesian *ku.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈko/

Pronoun

ko

  1. by me
  2. of me
  3. me

See also


Taworta

Noun

ko

  1. egg

Further reading

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 A

Etymology

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

Noun

ko

  1. cow

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ko. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻo and Samoan 'o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko/
  • Hyphenation: ko

Particle

ko

  1. Marks an equational sentence.
  2. Marks the topic of the sentence.
  3. Marks the succeding noun as in apposition of the preceding noun.
  4. Placed after the conjunctions pe or ka.

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 163

Tuvaluan

Particle

ko

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

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • k°

Adverb

ko

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of không.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).

Preposition

ko

  1. with

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koː/

Noun

ko c (plural kij, diminutive koke)

  1. cow

Derived terms

  • seeko
  • kowefleis

Further reading

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

Wolof

Pronoun

ko

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

See also

Xhosa

Pronoun

-ko

  1. Combining stem of kona.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • ò (frequently used after personal pronouns)

Particle

kò

  1. not (placed before a verb to negate it)

Zazaki

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From Persian کوه‎ (kuh).

Noun

ko m

  1. (geography) mountain

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a Maori digging-stick.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)