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ko
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code forKorean . Borrowed fromJapanese 劫 ( kō ) .
ko (plural ko
( go ) ko rule applies; a ko shape.Black gets an easy game by just filling theko .
( go ) ko fight Black wins theko easily.
( go ) atari , a ko stoneBlack recaptures theko and white has to find anotherko threat . IPA (key ) : /ˈko/ [ˈkɔ] Hyphenation:ko kó
thee ,you Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language [1] Diggah nanu Ni Rabbowkoo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibukkoo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih catokoo esserra. Our God, with strength we makeyou whole, onlyyou we give [our] adoration, we as one askyou for help with our afairs. The formkóo E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985 ), “ko”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London,→ISBN ko
tolie down Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007 ), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume46 , number 2 Äiwoo " in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R. , &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics .Evolutionary Bioinformatics ko
tosay ko
towash ko
affair ,event ,matter ko
by meSinaloko an bola. ―The ball was caughtby me . of meAn harongko . ―My house. me Sa taasko . ―Aboveme . Cognate withBokobaru koo
ko
chicken ko
( Sinjai ) you ,your ,yours ( casual ) Clipping ofako
ko (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓ
short form ofako ( “ 1st person singular subject ” ) Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku Proto-Austronesian *-ku
ko (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓ
( uncommon , literary ) my ,mine , byme ( object of verb; possessive marker ) Synonyms: nako akò In colloquial Cebuano,ko is generally used and understood as a subject (direct) marked pronoun, as a clipping ofako ko ( general, colloquial ) :anakko ―I am a child( literary, dialectal ) :anakko ―my child 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 overnako orko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.
FromOld Norse *kōʀ( east ) , kýr( west ) Proto-Germanic *kōz
ko c singular definite koen plural indefinite køer
cow ko (accusative singular ko-on plural ko-oj accusative plural ko-ojn
The name of theLatin-script letterK k ( 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 ko
tolaugh Related tokuka kun kuin
IPA (key ) : /ˈko/ ,[ˈko̞] Rhymes:-o Syllabification(key ) :ko Hyphenation(key ) :ko ko ( dialectal )
alternative form ofkun alternative form ofkuin synonym ofkoska In some dialects, ko has becomeunstressed , subjecting it tovowel harmony and leading to the formkö
ko m invariable
abbreviation ofkilooctet ( “ kilobyte ” ) ko
Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) ko
( definite ) the (when it follows the noun)ñayko ko ―the thatch ko
( used in indicating something ) ko ñayko ―this/that thatch Inherited fromOld Anatolian Turkish قو ( qo ,“ put! let go! ” ) , imperative ofقومق ( qomaq ,“ to put ” ) , fromProto-Turkic *ko-
ko
indicates desire ,may ,let ko ayozlasın Allaa seni!may god bless youko herzaman olsun güneş!may the sun always shineko yaşasın halkımız!long live our people! N. A Baskakov, editor (1972 ), “ko ”, inGagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary →ISBN 272 Ciachir, Mihail (1938 ), “co”, inDicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page34 ko
water medicine relative , fellowKotiria Kristine Stenzel,A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano) ko
this (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ko
of ,belonging to first part of possessive constructions, o-type ko mākou haleour house ko ke kumu kaʻathe teacher's car Hawaiian possessive pronouns singular dual plural 1st person koʻu kaʻu kuʻu ko māua kā māua ko kāua kā kāua ko mākou kā mākou ko kākou kā kākou 2nd person kou kāu kō ko ʻolua kā ʻolua ko ʻoukou kā ʻoukou 3rd person kona kāna ko lāua kā lāua ko lākou kā lākou
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.
ko
( Java , informal ) Second-person singular pronoun :you ,your ,yours 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 ) ko
alternative form ofku 2008 We're speaking[ our] own way ]”, inInkeri [2] 69 , St. Petersburg, page12 :Se oliko hää ei mahtant vennäheks läätä. That washow she couldn't speak Russian. Ruben E. Nirvi (1971 ),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja , Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page178 ko
Thehiragana syllableこ ( ko ) or thekatakana syllableコ ( ko ) inHepburn romanization. ko
why ko
why ko
why FromSanskrit কথযতি ( katháyati ) . Cognate withAssamese ক ( ko ) ,Sylheti ꠇꠅꠀ ( xooa ) ,Bengali কওয়া ( koōẇa ) , Hindustaniकहना ( kahnā ) /کہنا ( kahnā ) .
ko
say tell Oĩ mök koisil .Hetold me speak kotha ko ―speak IPA (key ) : /ˈko/ [ˈko] Hyphenation:ko ko
alternative spelling ofkayu alternative spelling ofku alternative spelling ofkula ko
like ,as ko
woman Bill Palmer,The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN , 2017), page 531, table 95,Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages
ko (interrogative)
accusative ofkas what ,who ko tu gribi apskatīt?what would you like to see?ko (relative)
accusative ofkas that teksts,ko tu lasi ―the textthat you're reading accusative ofkas what ,who tas ir tas,ko es domāju ―that iswhat I mean accusative ofkas which ko
sorry ?pardon ?what ?ko
genitive ofkas Ko tu nori?What do you want?The wordko is the non-possessive genitive.
For the possessive genitive ("whose?") ofkas kieno
“ko Lietuvių kalbos žodynas Dictionary of the Lithuanian language 1941–2025 Vytautas Ambrazas (2006 ),Lithuanian Grammar , 2nd revised edition, pages186, 193 ko
head ko
Placed at the beginning ofnominative phrases to signify that they aredeclarative 2006 Sovereignty Matters ,page208 :Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.The languageis the life principle of Maori mana. ko ( Raguileo spelling )
water 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 itcó )FromProto-Kuki-Chin *kaw Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaw
ko (stem II koh
tocall [with another entity being called ] co ( Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy ) FromOld French col Latin collum ( “ neck ” ) .
ko m plural kos
( Sark , anatomy ) neck FromProto-Tani *koː
ko
child son P. T. Abraham (2005 ),A Grammar of Nyishi Language [3] ko
to beother , to beanother Synonym: ǂâa ǂoo ke ǃʻhoeʻin mari ng ǂoo ako The man asks theother man for money ǂoo ke ǃauka ng ǂoo ako . The man is afraid of theother man. 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. Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu
ko
you "ko" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ko ?
(East dialect)cow Inherited fromProto-West Germanic *kō ( “ cow ” ) .
kō f
cow This noun needs aninflection-table template .
Köbler, Gerhard (2014 ),Altsächsisches Wörterbuch [4]
Alternative scripts
𑀓𑁄 ( Brahmi script ) को ( Devanagari script ) কো ( Bengali script ) කො ( Sinhalese script ) ကော ၵေႃ ( Burmese script ) โก ( Thai script ) ᨠᩮᩣ ( Tai Tham script ) ໂກ ( Lao script ) កោ ( Khmer script ) 𑄇𑄮 ( Chakma script ) ko
masculine nominative singular ofka ko
exclamation suggesting a personal reactionFor non-personal judgment, consider usingka
ko
particle prefixed to names as a determinative ko
again Inherited fromProto-Slavic *kъto Proto-Indo-European *kʷos *kʷid *kʷís
kȍ ? Cyrillic spelling ко̏
( Bosnia , Serbia , interrogatively) who ko si ti?who are you? ( Bosnia , Serbia , relative and indefinite pronoun) biloko ―anybody, anyone maloko ―very few people onajko ―he who, whoever Fromkȁo
ko (Cyrillic spelling ко
contraction ofkȁo “ko ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal 2006–2025 “ko ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal 2006–2025 FromProto-Slavic *jako ( “ how, in which way ” ) . Cognate withSerbo-Croatian ako
ko
when (at the time that)pride dan, ko nimas energije - there comes a day when you have no energy (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ko
( colloquial ) alternative form ofkot -ko
present stem of-wako ( “ to be (at an indefinite place) ” ) yuko ―he/sheis (there) -ko -wapo ( “ to be (at a definite place) ” ) -wamo ( “ to be inside (of a definite place) ” ) enko sombetar cow grazing] FromOld Norse ko Old Norse ko Proto-Germanic *kōz
ko c
cow ; femalecattle Synonym: ( colloquial ) kossa Kon sägermu The cow says mooMångakor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret Manycows live in stables during the winter – Det var enko påängen kon som var på ängen. / Det varkon som varpoängen – There was acow in [on] the meadow. – I don't get it. – It wasthe cow that was in [on] the meadow. / It wasthe cow that was the point / punch line. [common pun] 1996 Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of[ over] the Meadows ]”, inFint vettö [vettu Nice Y'know [5] Jag är kung överängarna keps tar ut svängarna glatt kor . Jag är kung överängarna drängarna lyser I am king of the meadows. [I] run without a cap and shoes. [I] dance and take sweeping turns ["take out the turns" – also used figuratively for not holding back, letting loose, and the like]. [I] shout merrily at mycows . I am king of the meadows. I scream out loud so that people understand: Here's one of the farmhands. The sun shines where I walk. [Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for-r a female member of a number of other species, such asmoose andreindeer Jag såg enälgko och hennes kalv när jag var i skogen I saw acow moose and her calf when I was in the forest Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku Proto-Austronesian *-ku Malay -ku
ko (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ ( postpositive )
my ;mine Synonym: ( prepositive ) akin ang bahayko ―my housesa taasko ―aboveme (literally, “my above ”)I ;me ( indirect ) Synonym: ( prepositive ) akin Ang bola ay sinaloko . I caught the ball. (literally, “The ball was caughtby me . ”) Tagalog personal pronouns
“ko ”, inKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino ,Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ,2025 “ko ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 . Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ku ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI Cognate withPersian کار ( kâr ) .
ko
work ko
egg Bill Palmer,The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN , 2017), page 531, table 95,Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages
FromProto-Tocharian Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws ( “ cow ” ) . CompareTocharian B keu English cow
ko
cow FromProto-Polynesian *ko Hawaiian ʻo Samoan ʻo
ko
Marks an equational sentence. Marks the topic of the sentence. 1948 Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau [6] Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutinoWe, the people of Tokelau, say openly Marks the succeeding noun as in apposition of the preceding noun. Placed after the conjunctionspe ka R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [7] 163 ko
class 12 of-o it ko
presentperfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb ko
( text messaging ) abbreviation ofkhông Borrowed fromSpanish con ( “ with ” ) .
ko
with 1952 Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I :Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binomko 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”. (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) Akin toIngrian ko
ko
when ( at what time; in the case that ) than ( in comparisons ) as ,because ko
how ( in what way ) Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012 ), “ko ”, inVadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language FromOld Frisian kū Proto-West Germanic *kō ( “ cows ” ) .
ko c plural kij diminutive koke
cow “ko ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 ko
( transitive ) carry on one'sback Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 ),The Makian languages and their neighbours [8] Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .Chinese 莖 ／ 茎 jīng
ko ( classifier:tus )
ahandle (of anyhand tool orimplement , etc.)ko taus ―axe handle used in ko taw ( “ foot ” ) and ko tw ( “ tail ” ) ko
afinal completive particle Koj hais li ko... ―Speaking as you do... Txhob ua li ko. ―Don't do that. Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979 ),White Hmong — English Dictionary [9] →ISBN 85 ko
him /her /it ( third-person singular object pronoun ) -ko
Combining stem ofkona ò ( frequently used after personal pronouns ) kò
not ( placed before a verb to negate it ) IPA (key ) : /kō/
ko
( Ekiti ) that kó
topack Ẹ bá mikó ẹrù yìí sẹ́yìn ọkọ̀ ―Help mepack this load into the boot tocollect tocapture Wọ́nkó wọn lẹ́rú ―Theycaptured them as slaves kò
totouch tomeet FromProto-Iranian *káwfš
ko m
( geography ) mountain 
