Alviri-Vidari

Adverb

کو ‎(ko)

1. (interrogative) where

Related terms

• کده ‎(kode)

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of اکو ‎(aku), from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aku, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Alternative forms

• aku
• ku (ku- / -ku)
• daku
• اکو
• داکو

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -ku, -u

Pronoun

کو ‎(Rumi spelling ku)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Usage notes

• Not appropriate when the audience is anyone who is elder or of higher status.

Derived terms

• کو-
• -کو

See also

Urdu

Etymology

From Prakrit कक्खहं kakkhahaṃ, Prakrit कक्खे kakkhe and Sanskrit कक्षं ‎(kakṣaṃ).

Postposition

کو • ‎(ko) Hindi spelling: को ‎(ko)

1. to
2. up to
3. for
4. in, on
5. at
6. near, on the point of

Usage notes

کو marks the dative and accusative. It can be used as a postfix similar to -wards (e.g. ūpar-ko, 'upwards'; āge-ko, 'afterwards').

See also

• Dakkhanī (kū) (کو)

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.