ко
Adyghe
Etymology
Cognate with Kabardian куэ (kʷɛ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰʷɜ/
Noun
ко • (kʷo)
- thigh
- thigh muscle
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ко (kʷo) | кохэ (kʷoxɛ) |
| nominative | кор (kʷor) | кохэр (kʷoxɛr) |
| ergative | ком (kʷom) | кохэмэ (kʷoxɛmɛ) |
| instrumental | ко(м)кӏэ (kʷo(m)kʼɛ) | кохэ(м)кӏэ (kʷoxɛ(m)kʼɛ) |
| invertive | коу (kʷowu) | кохыу (kʷoxəwu) |
Bezhta
Etymology
Noun
ко̄ • (koo)
Gagauz
Conjunction
ко (ko)
- Cyrillic spelling of ko
Further reading
- N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ко”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 272
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɔ]
Adverb
ко • (ko)
Preposition
ко • (ko)
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Preposition
ко • (ko)
References
- “ко (letter no. 199)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus][1][2] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kə]
- IPA(key): [kɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): [ˈko] (when stressed)
Audio: (file)
Preposition
ко • (ko) [with dative]
Usage notes
- This is a variant of к (k) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as мн- (mn-).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷís).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kô/
Pronoun
ко̏ (Latin spelling kȍ)
- (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
- ко си ти? ― who are you?
- (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
- било ко ― anybody, anyone
- мало ко ― very few people
- онај 'ко ― he who, whoever
Declension
Declension of ко
Etymology 2
From ка̏о.
Contraction
ко (Latin spelling ko)
- (colloquial) misspelling of k'o