kao
Translingual
Symbol
kao
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Kassonke terms
Finnish
Verb
kao
- inflection of kakoa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkao̯/, [ˈkɐo̯]
Noun
kao
Japanese
Romanization
kao
Mandarin
Romanization
kao
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Common slang): k'o
- (Chavakian Ikavian): kaj
- (Montenegrin): ka
- (Central Serbia): ki
Etymology
From kȁko.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâo/
- Hyphenation: ka‧o
Adverb
kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
- as, like (the same way or kind as another)
- Dodaj mi nešto oštro, kao nož. ― Hand me something sharp, like a knife.
Conjunction
kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
- (in comparisons, commonly followed by da) as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)
- Šepa kao (da je) ozlijeđen. ― He's limping like he's hurt.
- (in comparisons, with nominative, informal) as, like (=poput)
- Nije visok kao ja. ― He is not (as) tall as I am.
- (in comparisons, with genitive, emphatic) as, as much as (to such an extent or degree)
- Imamo hrane kao blata. ― We have food for days.
Interjection
kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
- (idiomatic, followed by particle da) as if, like hell (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.)
Swahili
Etymology
From -kaa.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
kao class V (plural makao class VI)