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Translingual

Symbol

ko

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Korean.

See also

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

Pronunciation

Noun

ko (plural ko)

  1. (go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
    Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
  2. (go) ko fight
    Black wins the ko easily.
  3. (go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
    Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Derived terms

  • hanami ko
  • ko fight
  • ko threat
  • ten thousand year ko

Translations

Translations

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kó

  1. thee, you
    • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:
      Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.
      Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

Usage notes

  • The form kóo is used when the pronoun isn't followed by a clitic.

See also

More information 1st person, 2nd person ...
Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f
subject singular anú atú úsuk ís
plural nanú isín úsun
object singular yó kó ká tét
plural né sín kén
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References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ko”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Äiwoo

Verb

ko

  1. to lie down

References

Bambara

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

ko

  1. to say

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

ko

  1. to wash

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ko

  1. affair, event, matter

References

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ko/

Pronoun

ko

  1. by me
    Sinalo ko an bola. ― The ball was caught by me.
  2. of me
    An harong ko. ― My house.
  3. me
    Sa taas ko. ― Above me.

Boko

Etymology

Cognate with Bokobaru koo

Pronunciation

Noun

ko

  1. chicken

Derived terms

Buginese

Pronoun

ko

  1. (Sinjai) you, your, yours (casual)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of ako.

Pronoun

ko (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓ)

  1. short form of ako (“1st person singular subject”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

ko (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓ)

  1. (uncommon, literary) my, mine, by me (object of verb; possessive marker)
    Synonyms: nako, akò
Usage notes
  • In colloquial Cebuano, ko is generally used and understood as a subject (direct) marked pronoun, as a clipping of ako. Its use as the object (indirect) is virtually limited to literary works such as the Bible and in some dialects where there is some influence from Tagalog, which solely uses its ko in the object (indirect) position and as a possessive pronoun.
    (general, colloquial): anak ko ― I am a child
    (literary, dialectal): anak ko ― my child

See also

More information direct, indirect (postposed) ...
Cebuano personal pronouns
direct indirect (postposed) indirect (preposed) oblique
Length: full short1 full short2 base suffixed -a full short
singular first person akó ko nakò3 ko3 akò akoa kanakò nakò
second person ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
third person siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural first
person		 inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
second person kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
third person silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila
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1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3 Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse *kōʀ (east), kýr (west), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːˀ/, [ˈkʰoˀ]

Noun

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

  1. cow

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...
Declension of ko
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ko koen køer køerne
genitive kos koens køers køernes
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References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: ko

Noun

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

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

See also

Ewe

Verb

ko

  1. to laugh

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to kuka, kun, kuin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation(key): ko

Conjunction

ko (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of kun.
  2. Alternative form of kuin.
  3. Synonym of koska.

Usage notes

In some dialects, ko has become unstressed, subjecting it to vowel harmony and leading to the form kö after front-vowelic words.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

ko m (plural ko)

  1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

Fula

Suffix

ko

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

Usage notes

Article

ko

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    ñayko ko ― the thatch

Usage notes

Determiner

ko

  1. (used in indicating something)
    ko ñayko ― this/that thatch

Usage notes

Gagauz

More information Cyrillic ...
Cyrillic ко
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Alternative forms

  • co (pre-1950's spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قو (qo, “put! let go!”), imperative of قومق (qomaq, “to put”), from Proto-Turkic *ko-.

Etymology

Conjunction

ko

  1. indicates desire, may, let
    ko ayozlasın Allaa seni! ― may god bless you
    ko herzaman olsun güneş! ― may the sun always shine
    ko yaşasın halkımız! ― long live our people!

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ko”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 272
  • Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “co”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 34

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Preposition

ko

  1. of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, o-type
    ko mākou hale ― our house
    ko ke kumu kaʻa ― the teacher's car

See also

More information singular, dual ...
Hawaiian possessive pronouns
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
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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.

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ko – see 高 (“tall; high; of high level; above average; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 高).
For pronunciation and definitions of ko – see 膏 (“fat; grease; oil; fatty; oily; rich; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 膏).

Indonesian

Pronoun

ko

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

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ko

  1. Alternative form of ku
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
      Se oli ko hää ei mahtant vennäheks läätä.
      That was how she couldn't speak Russian.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 178

Japanese

Romanization

ko

  1. The hiragana syllable こ (ko) or the katakana syllable コ (ko) in Hepburn romanization.

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 (koōẇa), Hindustani कहना (kahnā) / کہنا (kahnā).

Verb

ko

  1. say
  2. tell
    Oĩ mök koisil. ― He told me
  3. speak
    kotha ko ― speak

Conjugation

More information Stem, Gerund ...
Stem ko
Gerund koöa
Conjugative koia
Infinitive koibar
Agentive koure
Converb koite
Progressive participle koite koite
Reason koöat
Conditional participle koile
Perfect participle koia
Habitual participle koia koia
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impersonal forms of ko
More information Person, First person ...
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
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Conjugation forms of ko

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 tu gribi apskatīt? ― what would you like to see?

Pronoun

ko (relative)

  1. accusative of kas: that
    teksts, ko tu lasi ― the text that you're reading
  2. accusative of kas: what, who
    tas ir tas, ko es domāju ― that is what I mean
  3. accusative of kas: which

Interjection

ko

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

Lithuanian

Pronoun

ko

  1. genitive of kas
    Ko tu nori? ― What do you want?

Usage notes

The word ko is the non-possessive genitive.

For the possessive genitive ("whose?") of kas, see kieno.

Further reading

  • “ko”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, pages 186, 193

Maaka

Noun

ko

  1. head

References

Maori

Particle

ko

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

Mapudungun

Noun

ko (Raguileo spelling)

  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)

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

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *koː.

Noun

ko

  1. child
  2. son

References

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

Nǀuu

Verb

ko

  1. to be other, to be another
    Synonym: ǂâa
    ǂoo ke ǃʻhoeʻin mari ng ǂoo a ko
    The man asks the other man for money
    ǂoo ke ǃauka ng ǂoo a ko.
    The man is afraid of the other man.

References

  • Güldemann, Tom and Ernszt, Martina and Siegmund, Sven and Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena. 2010.0. A Text documentation of Nǀuu.
  • Ernszt, Martina & Güldemann, Tom & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena. (2015). "Valency in Nǁng.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko/
  • Rhymes: -ko
  • Hyphenation: ko

Pronoun

ko

  1. you

Alternative forms

References

  • "ko" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

ko ?

  1. (East dialect) cow

See also

Further reading

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).

    Noun

    kō f

    1. cow

    Declension

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    • Middle Low German: kô, ko, koo, kou, koe, koh, koy, ku

    References

    Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Alternative scripts
    • 𑀓𑁄 (Brahmi script)
    • को (Devanagari script)
    • কো (Bengali script)
    • කො (Sinhalese script)
    • ကော or ၵေႃ (Burmese script)
    • โก (Thai script)
    • ᨠᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
    • ໂກ (Lao script)
    • កោ (Khmer script)
    • 𑄇𑄮 (Chakma script)

    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

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷís).

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

    1. (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
      ko si ti? ― who are you?
    2. (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
      bilo ko ― anybody, anyone
      malo ko ― very few people
      onaj ko ― he who, whoever
    Declension
    More information singular/plural, nominative ...
    singular/plural
    nominative tkȍ, kȍ
    genitive kȍg, kòga
    dative kȍm, kòmu, kòme
    accusative kȍg, kòga
    vocative —
    locative kòm, kòme
    instrumental kȋm, kíme
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    Declension of ko
    Synonyms
    • kdo (Kajkavian)
    • gdo (Kajkavian)

    Etymology 2

    From kȁo.

    Contraction

    ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)

    1. contraction of kȁo

    References

    • “ko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
    • “ko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

    Slovene

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ako.

    Pronunciation

    Conjunction

    ko

    1. when (at the time that)
      pride dan, ko nimas energije - there comes a day when you have no energy

    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

    Verb

    -ko

    1. present stem of -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)
      yuko ― he/she is (there)

    See also

    • -ko: verbal affix
    • -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
    • -wamo (“to be inside (of a definite place)”)

    Swedish

    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sv

    Etymology

    From Old Norse ko, from East Old Norse ko, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ko c

    1. cow; female cattle
      Många kor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret.
      Many cows live in stables during the winter.
    2. 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.

    Declension

    More information nominative, genitive ...
    Declension of ko
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite ko kos
    definite kon kons
    plural indefinite kor kors
    definite korna kornas
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    See also

    References

    Anagrams

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    ko (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ) (postpositive)

    1. my; mine
      Synonym: (prepositive) akin
      ang bahay ko ― my house
      sa taas ko ― above me (literally, “my above”)
    2. I; me (indirect)
      Synonym: (prepositive) akin
      Ang bola ay sinalo ko.
      I caught the ball.
      (literally, “The ball was caught by me.”)

    See also

    More information Person, Number ...
    Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
    First singular ako ko akin
    dual1 kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
    plural inclusive tayo natin atin
    plural exclusive kami namin amin
    First & Second singular kita2
    Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
    plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
    Third singular siya niya kaniya
    plural sila nila kanila
    1 First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
    2 Replaces ko ikaw.
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    Tagalog personal pronouns

    Further reading

    • “ko”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
    • “ko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
    • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ku”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

    Talysh

    Etymology

    Cognate with Persian کار (kâr).

    Noun

    ko

    1. work

    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 ʻo.

    Pronunciation

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

    Particle

    ko

    1. Marks an equational sentence.
    2. Marks the topic of the sentence.
      • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:
        Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino
        We, the people of Tokelau, say openly
    3. Marks the succeeding noun as in apposition of the preceding noun.
    4. Placed after the conjunctions pe or ka.

    References

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

    Tuvaluan

    Particle

    ko

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

    Vietnamese

    Alternative forms

    Adverb

    ko

    1. (informal) Abbreviation of không.

    Anagrams

    Volapük

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).

    Preposition

    ko

    1. with
      • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:
        Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs.
        Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means „God-is-with-us”.

    Votic

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    ko

    1. when (at what time; in the case that)
    2. than (in comparisons)
    3. as, because

    Adverb

    ko

    1. how (in what way)

    References

    • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

    West Frisian

    Etymology

    From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cows”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ko c (plural kij, diminutive koke)

    1. cow

    Derived terms

    Further reading

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

    West Makian

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ko

    1. (transitive) to carry on one's back

    Conjugation

    More information singular, plural ...
    Conjugation of ko (action verb)
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person toko moko ako
    2nd person noko foko
    3rd person inanimate iko doko
    animate
    imperative noko, ko foko, ko
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    References

    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

    White Hmong

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Borrowed from some other language? Possible candidates include Chinese 莖／茎 (jīng, “stem, stalk”). Or native Hmongic?”

    Noun

    ko (classifier: tus)

    1. a handle (of any hand tool or implement, etc.)
      ko taus ― axe handle
    2. used in ko taw (“foot”) and ko tw (“tail”)

    Etymology 2

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Related to Chinese 乎 (hū, “in, on; (archaic) sentence-final particle”)?”

    Particle

    ko

    1. a final completive particle
      Koj hais li ko... ― Speaking as you do...
      Txhob ua li ko. ― Don't do that.

    References

    • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 85.

    Wolof

    Pronoun

    ko

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

    See also

    More information singular, plural ...
    Wolof personal pronouns
    singular plural
    subject object subject object
    1st person man ma nun nu
    2nd person yow la yeen leen
    3rd person moom ko ñoom leen
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    Xhosa

    Pronoun

    -ko

    1. Combining stem of kona.

    Yoruba

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    • ò (frequently used after personal pronouns)

    Pronunciation

    Particle

    kò

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

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    IPA(key): /kō/

    Conjunction

    ko

    1. (Ekiti) that

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    kó

    1. to pack
      Ẹ bá mi kó ẹrù yìí sẹ́yìn ọkọ̀ ― Help me pack this load into the boot
    2. to collect
    3. to capture
      Wọ́n kó wọn lẹ́rú ― They captured them as slaves
    Derived terms
    • ìkówójẹ (“embezzlement”)
    • akódọ̀tí (“garbage collector”)
    • akólẹ́tà (“courier”)
    • àkójọ (“collection”)

    Etymology 4

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    kò

    1. to touch
    2. to meet
    Derived terms
    • fẹnu kò (“to kiss”)
    • gbéjà kò (“to besiege; to attack”)
    • foríkorí (“to brainstorm”)

    Zazaki

    Etymology

    From Proto-Iranian *káwfš.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    ko m

    1. (geography) mountain

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