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Ku
Ku
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz. More at cow.
Noun
Ku f (plural Bäiste)
ku
ku
Chitimacha
Noun
ku
References
- John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha and Atakapa languages (1919): kū
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n)
Pronunciation
Preposition
ku
- to (in the direction of, and arriving at)
Synonyms
Faroese
Etymology
Noun
ku n (genitive singular kus, plural ku)
Declension
n3 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ku | kuið | ku | kuini |
Accusative | ku | kuið | ku | kuini |
Dative | kui | kuinum | kuum | kuunum |
Genitive | kus | kusins | kua | kuanna |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ku, shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku/
Pronoun
ku
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Derived terms
Javanese
Etymology 1
Shortened form of aku, from Old Javanese aku, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronoun
ku (personal pronoun, informal)
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Etymology 2
Clipping of iku
Determiner
ku
Kurdish
Conjunction
ku
- that (connecting noun clause, introducing the result of the main clause)
- Min bihîst ku ew pir dewlemend e.
- I heard that he is very rich.
- Min bihîst ku ew pir dewlemend e.
- implied that (where it is grammatically necessary)
- Min tutişt tune ku bidim.
- I have nothing to give. OR I have nothing that I give.
- Min tutişt tune ku bidim.
Pronoun
ku
- which, that (of those mentioned or implied)
- Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.
- Use screen savers that manipulate the screen.
- Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuː/
Noun
kū (indeclinable)
- The name of the letter Q.
Coordinate terms
- (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ/ī graeca/ypsilon (Y), zēta (Z)
References
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.
Lojban
Cmavo
ku
- ends a sumti
Usage notes
- It can be omitted if no ambiguity results.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ku]
Preposition
ku (with dative; used before ch, g, and k)
- Alternative form of k
Malay
Etymology
Shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku/
- Rhymes: -ku, -u
Pronoun
ku (Jawi spelling کو, Informal, rough even towards older people)
- I (personal pronoun)
- Kutahu.
- I know.
- Kutahu.
- me (direct object of a verb)
- Dia mengenaliku.
- He knows me.
- Dia mengenaliku.
- me (object of a preposition)
- Dia pergi denganku.
- He went with me.
- Dia pergi denganku.
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
- Ini barangku.
- This is my stuff.
- Ini barangku.
Derived terms
See also
Mandarin
See also
Romanization
ku
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
Noun
ku m, f (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kuer or kyr, definite plural kuene or kyrne)
- a cow
Derived terms
References
- “ku” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʉː/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
ku f (definite singular kua, indefinite plural kyr, definite plural kyrne)
- cow
- Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.
- There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.
- Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.
Derived terms
References
- “ku” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Old Polish k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku/
Preposition
ku (+ dative)
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken is derived.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku/
Pronoun
ku
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian B ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.
Noun
ku m
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian A ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.
Noun
ku m
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *-w (negative particle).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ku]
Adverb
ku
Veps
Etymology 1
Conjunction
ku
Synonyms
- (than): mi
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.
Noun
ku
Inflection
Inflection of ku | |||
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nominative sing. | ku | ||
genitive sing. | kun | ||
partitive sing. | kud | ||
partitive plur. | kuid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ku | kud | |
accusative | kun | kud | |
genitive | kun | kuiden | |
partitive | kud | kuid | |
essive-instructive | kun | kuin | |
translative | kuks | kuikš | |
inessive | kus | kuiš | |
elative | kuspäi | kuišpäi | |
illative | ? | kuihe | |
adessive | kul | kuil | |
ablative | kulpäi | kuilpäi | |
allative | kule | kuile | |
abessive | kuta | kuita | |
comitative | kunke | kuidenke | |
prolative | kudme | kuidme | |
approximative I | kunno | kuidenno | |
approximative II | kunnoks | kuidennoks | |
egressive | kunnopäi | kuidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | kuihesai | |
terminative II | kulesai | kuilesai | |
terminative III | kussai | — | |
additive I | ? | kuihepäi | |
additive II | kulepäi | kuilepäi |
Derived terms
- eloku
- heinku
- keväz'ku
- kezaku
- kül'mku
- reduku
- semendku
- sulaku
- sügüz'ku
- tal'vku
- uhoku
- uz'ku
- viluku
- kulehtez
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “если, месяц, когда, раз, чем”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika