ko

ko

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Korean.

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophone: Co.

ko (plural ko)

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.

• O. K., OK, OK., Ok, Ok., ok

• IPA^(key): /ˈko/

kó

1. thee, you
   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:

     Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.

     Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

• The form kóo is used when the pronoun isn't followed by a clitic.

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ko”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

ko

1. to lie down

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• IPA^(key): [kò]

ko

1. to say

• IPA^(key): [kó]

ko

1. to wash

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

IPA^(key): /ko/

ko

1. by me

   Sinalo ko an bola. ― The ball was caught by me.

2. of me

   An harong ko. ― My house.

3. me

   Sa taas ko. ― Above me.

Cognate with Bokobaru koo

• IPA^(key): /kō/

ko

1. chicken

• koda (“hen”)
• kosa (“rooster”)

ko

1. (Sinjai) you, your, yours (casual)

From Old Norse *kōʀ (east), kýr (west), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, cognate with Swedish ko, English cow, German Kuh. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”), which is also the source of Latin bōs, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गौः (gáuḥ).

• IPA^(key): /koːˀ/, [ˈkʰoˀ]

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

1. cow

• “ko” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): [ko]
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko

ko (accusative singular ko-on, plural ko-oj, accusative plural ko-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter 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

1. to laugh

• ku
• kö

Related to kuka, kun, kuin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification^(key): ko

ko

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of kun.
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of kuin.
3. (dialectal) Synonym of koska.

In some dialects, ko has become unstressed, subjecting it to vowel harmony and leading to the form kö after front-vowelic words.

• IPA^(key): /ki.lo.ɔk.tɛ/

• Audio

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ko m (plural ko)

1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

ko

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ko

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)

   ñayko ko ― the thatch

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ko

1. (used in indicating something)

   ko ñayko ― this/that thatch

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ko

1. water
2. medicine
3. relative, fellow Kotiria

• Kristine Stenzel, A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano)

ko

1. this

• kō

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

ko

1. (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)

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ko

ko

1. Alternative form of ku
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     Se oli ko hää ei mahtant vennäheks läätä.

     That was how she couldn't speak Russian.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 178

ko

1. Rōmaji transcription of こ
2. Rōmaji transcription of コ

ko

1. why

ko

1. why

ko

1. why

From Sanskrit কথযতি (katháyati). Cognate with Assamese ক (ko), Sylheti ꠇꠅꠀ (xooa), Bengali কওয়া (kôoya), Hindustani कहना (kahnā) / کہنا‎ (kahnā).

ko (ko)

1. say
2. tell

   Oĩ mök koisil. ― Oĩ mök koisil. ― He told me

3. speak

   kotha ko ― kotha ko ― speak

ko

1. like, as

ko

1. 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)

1. accusative of kas: what, who

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

ko (relative)

1. accusative of kas: that

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

2. accusative of kas: what, who

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

3. accusative of kas: which

ko

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

ko

1. genitive of kas

   Ko tu nori? ― What do you want?

The word ko is the non-possessive genitive.

For the possessive genitive ("whose?") of kas, see kieno.

• “ko”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
• Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, pages 186, 193

ko

1. head

• Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6

ko

1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative

ko (Raguileo spelling)

1. 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 it có)

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 高)

1. high
2. tall

It is nearly always used exclusively as part of a name or compound.

• 高速 (ko-sok, “high-speed”)
• 高溫／高温 (ko-un, “high-temperature”)

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)

1. paste; cream

It is nearly always used exclusively as part of a name or compound.

• 齒膏／齿膏 (khí-ko, “toothpaste”)

• co (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy)

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

ko m (plural kos)

1. (Sark, anatomy) neck

• ku

From Proto-Tani *koː.

ko

1. child
2. son

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

ko

1. you

ko ?

1. (East dialect) cow

• kýr

• Wikipedia article Old Norse language

ko

1. masculine nominative singular of ka

ko

1. exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.

ko

1. particle prefixed to names as a determinative

ko

1. again

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

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

• tkȍ (Croatia)

• IPA^(key): /kô/

kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

1. (Serbia, Bosnia, interrogatively) who

   Ko si ti? ― who are you

2. (Serbia, Bosnia, relative and indefinite pronoun)

   bilo ko ― anybody, anyone

   malo ko ― very few people

   onaj ko ― he who, whoever

From kȁo.

ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)

1. (colloquial) contraction of kȁo

• kȁo

• “ko” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “ko” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ako.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ/

ko

1. when (at the time that)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ko

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of kot

• Audio (Kenya)

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ko

1. indefinite / nonspecific locative class suffix, indefinite place indicator

   Eliud yuko Kenya

   Eliud is (there) in Kenya

• po: definite place indicator
• mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator

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.

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

• audio

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ko c

1. cow; female cattle

   Många kor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret. ― Many cows live in stables during the winter.

2. a female member of a number of other species, such as elk

   Jag såg en älgko och hennes kalv när jag var i skogen. ― I saw an elk cow and her calf when I was in the forest.

• ko in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• OK, ok

• co – obsolete
• k, q – text messaging slang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ku, from Proto-Austronesian *ku.

• IPA^(key): /ko/, [ko]

ko (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ)

1. by me

   Ang bola ay sinalo ko. ― The ball was caught by me'.

2. of me

   Ang bahay ko. ― My' house.

3. me

   Sa taas ko. ― Above me.

ko

1. 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

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

ko

1. cow

From Proto-Polynesian *ko. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻo and Samoan ʻo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈko/
• Hyphenation: ko

ko

1. Marks an equational sentence.
2. Marks the topic of the sentence.
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:

     Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino

     We, the people of Tokelau, say openly

3. Marks the succeeding noun as in apposition of the preceding noun.
4. Placed after the conjunctions pe or ka.

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 163

ko

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

• k°

ko

1. (informal) Abbreviation of không.

• OK

Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).

ko

1. with

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-West Germanic *kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

• IPA^(key): /koː/

ko c (plural kij, diminutive koke)

1. cow

• seeko
• kowefleis

• “ko”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

• IPA^(key): /ko/

ko

1. (transitive) to carry on one's back

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

ko

1. him/her/it (third-person singular object pronoun)

-ko

1. Combining stem of kona.

• ò (frequently used after personal pronouns)

• IPA^(key): /kò/

kò

1. not (placed before a verb to negate it)

• tó

IPA^(key): /kō/

ko

1. (Ekiti) that

• IPA^(key): /kó/

kó

1. to pack

   Ẹ bá mi kó ẹrù yìí sẹ́yìn ọkọ̀ ― Help me pack this load into the boot

2. to collect
3. to capture

   Wọ́n kó wọn lẹ́rú ― They captured them as slaves

• ìkówójẹ (“embezzlement”)
• akódọ̀tí (“garbage collector”)
• akólẹ́tà (“courier”)
• àkójọ (“collection”)

• IPA^(key): /kò/

kò

1. to touch
2. to meet

• fẹnu kò (“to kiss”)
• gbéjà kò (“to besiege; to attack”)
• foríkorí (“to brainstorm”)

From Persian کوه‎ (kuh).

• IPA^(key): [ˈko]
• Hyphenation: ko

ko m

1. (geography) mountain