Tagalog

Proper noun

Ko

1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

See also

• Co

English

Noun

ko ‎(uncountable)

1. (game of Go) a local shape to which the ko rule applies, a ko shape

   Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.‎

2. (game of Go) ko fight

   Black wins the ko easily.‎

3. (game of 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

Translations

Anagrams

• ok, OK

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kýr (East dialect ko, compare Swedish ko), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws ‎(“cow”).

Noun

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

1. cow

Declension

References

• “ko” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

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

• (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 ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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)

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• kō

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

Japanese

Romanization

ko

1. rōmaji reading of こ
2. rōmaji reading of コ

Kalasha

Adverb

ko

1. why

Interjection

ko

1. why

Noun

ko

1. why

Karelian

Particle

ko

1. like, as

Latvian

Pronoun

ko (interrogative)

1. what, who (accusative case of kas)

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

ko (relative)

1. that (accusative case of kas)

   teksts, ko tu lasi‎ ― the text that you're reading

2. what, who (accusative case of kas)

   tas ir tas, ko es domāju‎ ― that is what I mean

3. which (accusative case of kas)

Interjection

ko

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

Lithuanian

Pronoun

ko

1. what

Lojban

Cmavo

ko (pro-sumti)

1. is substituted for "do" to make the bridi imperative

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

Particle

ko ‎(POJ, traditional and simplified 高)

1. a morpheme which has a root meaning of tall. It is nearly always used as part of a name or compound word.

Derived terms

• 高速 (ko-sok) high-speed
• 高溫 (ko-un) high-temperature

Particle

ko ‎(POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)

1. a morpheme which has a root meaning of paste or cream. It is nearly always used as part of a name or compound word.

Derived terms

• trad. 齒膏, simpl. 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

Old Norse

Noun

ko ?

1. (East dialect) cow

See also

• kýr

References

• Wikipedia article Old Norse language

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• (Croatian) tkȍ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kô/

Pronoun

kȍ ‎(Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

1. (interrogatively) who

   (t)ko si ti?‎ ― who are you

2. (relative and indefinite pronoun)

   bilo (t)ko‎ ― anybody, anyone

   malo (t)ko‎ ― very few people

   onaj (t)ko‎ ― he who, whoever

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ/
• Tonal orthography: ko

Conjunction

ko

1. when (at the time that)

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

• kossa
• oxe
• stut
• kreatur
• nöt, nötkreatur
• kalv
• kviga

References

• ko in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Tagalog

Adjective

ko

1. my

See also

Tocharian A

Etymology

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

Noun

ko

1. cow

Tuvaluan

Particle

ko

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

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• k°

Adverb

ko

1. Abbreviation of không.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish con ‎(“with”).

Preposition

ko

1. with

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ku, English cow, Dutch koe, Low German Koh, German Kuh, and Danish ko.

Noun

ko c ‎(plural kij)

1. cow

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian کوه ‎(kuh).

Noun

ko ?

1. mountain