कू

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kuː/

Postposition

कू • (kū)

  1. (Hyderabad) alternative form of को (ko)
    आप ख़रीदे सो घर मेरे कू पसंद है।[1]
    āp xarīde so ghar mere kū pasand hai.
    I like the house that you bought.
    (literally, “The house that you bought is liked to me.”)

References

  1. ^ Yamuna Kachru (1986) “The Syntax of Dakkhini: A Study in Language Variation and Language Change”, in Krishnamurti et al., editor, South Asian Languages: Structure, Convergence, and Diglossia, pages 165-174

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • কূ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬹ (Balinese script)
  • কূ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀽 (Brahmi script)
  • ကူ (Burmese script)
  • કૂ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕੂ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑍂 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦹ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂴 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕೂ (Kannada script)
  • កូ (Khmer script)
  • ກູ (Lao script)
  • കൂ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘴 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐹 (Newa script)
  • କୂ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢹ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆷 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖳 (Siddham script)
  • කූ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚱 (Takri script)
  • கூ (Tamil script)
  • కూ (Telugu script)
  • กู (Thai script)
  • ཀཱུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kew-. Cognate with Lithuanian kaukti, and possibly English howl and Ancient Greek κωκῡ́ω (kōkū́ō, “shriek, wail”).

Root

कू • (kū)

  1. to sound, cry, hum
Derived terms
Primary Verbal Forms
  • कौति (kauti) (Present)
  • कवीति (kavīti) (Present)
  • कवते (kavate) (Present)
  • कूनाति (kūnāti) (Present)
Secondary Forms
  • कोकूयते (kokūyate) (Intensive)
  • कोकवीति (kokavīti) (Intensive)
  • चोकूयते (cokūyate) (Intensive)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. Compare Latin caveō.

Alternative forms

Root

कू • (kū)

  1. to design
Derived terms
  • आकूत (ākūta)
  • आकूति (ākūti)
  • कव (kava)
  • कवि (kavi)
  • काव्य (kāvya)
  • कुवते (kuvate)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kū, formed from *kʷ-. See कु (ku) for more.

Adverb

कू • (kū́)

  1. where?
    Synonym: क्व (kvà)

References

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