ku
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"
Languages (54)
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Translingual
Symbol
ku
Afar
Pronunciation
Determiner
kú
See also
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ku”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Ainu
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- (Saru, before vowels) k
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ku= (Kana spelling ク)
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
Usage notes
Used before verbs and adjectives to express the first person. When isolated, kuani is used. They can also be used together, thus:
- Kuani ku=arpa wa ku=ye. ― I will go and tell him.
See also
| person | isolated form | affix form | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | objective | |||
| first | singular | kuani, kani1 | ku=, k=1 (before vowels) | en= |
| exclusive plural | ciokay, coka1, ciutari | ci=, c=1 =as | un= | |
| inclusive plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | a=, =an | i= | |
| second | singular | eani | e= | |
| plural | eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari | eci= | ||
| singular (polite) | anokay, aoka1 | a=, =an | i= | |
| plural (polite) | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
| third | singular | sinuma, anihi | ∅= | |
| plural | okay, oka1 | |||
| indefinite | singular | asinuma | a=, =an | i= |
| plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
1. Saru dialect
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
ku (Kana spelling ク)
- to drink
Derived terms
- iku (“to drink strong drink”)
See also
- e (“to eat”)
Albanian
Anguthimri
Bambara
Basque
Bura
Czech
Esperanto
Ewe
Faroese
Finnish
French
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Gun
Ifè
Indonesian
Ingrian
Japanese
Javanese
Jingpho
Kabuverdianu
Karelian
Latin
Livonian
Lower Sorbian
Lutuv
Malay
Mandarin
Mauritian Creole
Middle English
Musi
Northern Kurdish
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Polish
Papiamentu
Pnar
Polish
Silesian
Sumerian
Talysh
Tat
Ter Sami
Tocharian A
Tocharian B
Tsonga
Unami
Veps
Votic
Wakhi
Xârâcùù
Yoruba
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