ku

ku

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/

kú

1. thy, your

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ku”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku (Kana spelling ク)

1. to drink

• iku (“to drink strong drink”)

• e (“to eat”)

• (Gheg) kû, kûn, kûh, ka, kah

From Proto-Albanian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu (“where”). Cognate to Proto-Baltic *kur (“where”) (Lithuanian kur̃ (“id”), kur (“id”), Latvian kur), Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”) (Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde, “id”), Russian где (gde)) and Sanskrit कुह (kúha, “where”) (cf. also Sanskrit कू (kū́, “id”), Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁‎ (kudā), 𐬐𐬏‎ (kū)).[1]

See also Albanian kur (“when”).[2]

ku

1. where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)

   Ku po shkon? ― Where are you going?

2. where ... at

   Ku je? ― Where (are) you at?

3. whither, whereto
4. whence, where from
5. how (to/that)

   Synonym: si (qysh (Gheg))

   Ku e din ai? ― How does he (want to) know that?

   Ku më dit unë? ― How do I know that? (Gheg)

6. where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)

ku

1. where (used for rhetorical questions)
2. where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)

• kudo (“wherever”)
• diku (“somewhere”)
• kudo (“anywhere”)
• kudoqoftë (“anywhere”)
• askund (“nowhere”), askundi (“id”)
• ndokund (“somewhere”)
• gjëkund (“nowhere”), gjëkund (“id”)
• asgjëkund (“nowhere”), asgjëkundi (“id”)
• kurrkund (“nowhere”)
• kur (“when”)
• këtu (“here”)
• kah m (“direction”), kahu m (“id”)
• (Gheg) këtû, qaty

• (interrogative pronouns)
  • (nominative) kush (“who”)
  • (accusative) kë (“whom”), (kënd (“id”))
  • (dative, ablative, genitive) kujt (kuj)

• adverb/particle ku (where) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 256
• Martin Camaj (1984) Albanian grammar : with exercices, chrestomathy and glossaries, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, →ISBN, page 66, 92

ku

1. (Mpakwithi) tree
2. (Mpakwithi) wood
3. (Mpakwithi) stick

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

ku

1. tail
2. yam

• bananku
• kukara
• masaku

• IPA^(key): /ku/, [ku]

ku inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• IPA^(key): [kú]

ku

1. hole

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

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

• IPA^(key): [ˈku]

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ku

1. (informal) to (in the direction of, and arriving at)

• k
• ke

• ku in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ku in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

kuku

1. to die

Borrowed from Latin kū.

ku n (genitive singular kus, plural ku)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

• cu (much less common)
• qu (less common)

• IPA^(key): /ky/

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• Rhymes: -y
• Homophones: cul, culs, cu, cus, kus, qu, qus

ku m (plural kus)

1. cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

From Portuguese quando. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kantu.

ku

1. when

From Portuguese com. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ku.

ku

1. with

Cognates include Fon kú, Yoruba kú, Xwela Gbe nku, Aja kú, Saxwe Gbe kú

• IPA^(key): /kú/

kú

1. to die

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku

1. (text messaging, informal) Alternative spelling of -ku.

• “ku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• ko

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku-. Akin to Finnish kun and Estonian kui.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku

ku

1. than
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Laukaal monikkaat äänet saotaa toiseel viisii, ku Soikkolas, sannoin painutos, sklonenja, Laukaal ono vähä toisenlaajain, ja Laukaal ono sanoja, kumpa Soikkolaas ei oo, tali kummat Soikkolaas merkitsööt toista assiaa, ku Laukaal.

     In the Lower Luga dialect some sounds are pronounced in a different way, than in the Soikkola dialect, the inflection, declension of words, is a little different in Lower Luga, and Lower Luga has words, that aren't in Soikkola, or that in Soikkola mean different things, than in Lower Luga.

2. like, how, to
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.

     I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, similar to blind people, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 210

ku

1. Rōmaji transcription of く
2. Rōmaji transcription of ク

Shortened form of aku, from Old Javanese aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

ku (personal pronoun, informal)

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)

Clipping of iku

ku

1. that, those

Borrowed from Burmese ကူး (ku:).

ku

1. to copy

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

From Portuguese com.

ku

1. with

ku

1. ear

• https://www.infuse.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/e-learning/kamas/o1_kamas.pdf

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku. Cognates include Finnish kun and Estonian kus (“where?”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/

ku

1. which?

ku

1. which, that

• (relative pronoun): mi, kumpani

• P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 60

• cū

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kuː/, [kuː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku/, [kuː]

kū f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter Q.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• 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.

• kui (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku- ~ *ko-. Related to Estonian kuidas and Finnish kuinka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

ku

1. how

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku (with dative)

1. Alternative form of k (used before ch, g, and k)

• aku, daku

Shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -ku, -u

ku (Jawi spelling کو‎) (informal)

1. I (personal pronoun)

   Kutahu.

   I know.

2. me (direct object of a verb)

   Dia mengenaliku.

   He knows me.

3. me (object of a preposition)

   Dia pergi denganku.

   He went with me.

4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

   Ini barangku.

   This is my stuff.

• ku-
• -ku

ku

1. Nonstandard spelling of kū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kù.

• 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.

ku

1. Alternative spelling of kou

ku

1. Alternative form of cou

ku

1. 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.

2. implied that (where it is grammatically necessary)

   Min tutişt tune ku bidim.

   I have nothing to give. OR I have nothing that I give.

ku

1. which, that (of those mentioned or implied)

   Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.

   Use screen savers that manipulate the screen.

• da ku, ji ber ku

From Old Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)

1. a cow

• One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

• kugalskap
• kumelk
• melkeku, mjølkeku

• “ku” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kʉː/

From Old Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Akin to English cow.

ku f (definite singular kua, indefinite plural kyr, definite plural kyrne)

1. cow

   Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.

   There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.

• kugalskap
• mjølkeku

ku

1. imperative of kua

• “ku” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Portuguese com and Spanish con and Kabuverdianu ku.

ku

1. with
2. plus
3. and

From Portuguese que and Spanish que and Kabuverdianu ki.

ku

1. than
2. that
3. which

From Proto-Khasian *kuː. Cognate with Khasi kiew and Proto-Khmuic *gaːw (“to climb”).

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku

1. to climb

Inherited from Old Polish k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

• IPA^(key): /ku/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ku

ku (+ dative)

1. towards, to

• ku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

ku

1. Romanization of 𒆪 (ku)

From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken is derived.

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku

1. who

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian B ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

ku m

1. dog

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian A ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

ku m

1. dog

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ku”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 190

ku

1. to

   Ku ba ndlopfu hi xibakele. ― To hit an elephant with a fist.

• "ku" in Xitsonga Dictionary

From Proto-Algonquian *-w (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): [ku]

ku

1. not

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

ku

1. if
2. when
3. than (in comparisons)

• (than): mi

From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

ku

1. moon
2. month

• 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish kun and Ingrian ku.

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku

ku

1. (relative) when
2. if
3. than (in comparisons)
4. that

ku

1. how (in expressions of wonder)

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “ku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn

ku

1. who

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *kú or Proto-Yoruboid *kpú. Cognates are extensive throughout many different branches of Niger-Congo. Cognate with Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

• IPA^(key): /kú/

kú

1. to die

   Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn ― Many died in that accident

   Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o ― My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back

• IPA^(key): /kù/

kù

1. to remain

   Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ ― There're three months left until I go back

ku

1. dove