kó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ (“water”).

Noun

kó

1. water

References

• Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)

Lipan

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ (“water”).

Noun

kó

1. water

References

• Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: kó

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ko.

Cognate with Guaraní ko.

Adverb

kó

1. here is; here are
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 40; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Kó xe 'akusu, xe ranha... Îé, kó bé xe popapẽ, xe rûaîpuku, xe tyãîa...

     Here are my big horns, my teeth... Yes, here are also my claws, my long tail, my hooks...

2. then
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 32; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Pysaré kó i kere'ymi, apŷaba pobupobu!

     Then he didn't sleep the whole night, to keep disturbing the men!

3. here

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kwá, ⇒ xukúi

Determiner

kó

1. (visible) this; these

Pronoun

kó

1. (visible) this; these

See also

Old Tupi demonstratives

Demonstrative Adjectives
	Visible	Nonvisible
Proximal	ã, ang, iã, iang, ikó, kó	ã, ang, iã, iang
Medial	ebokûé, ebokûeî, eboûing, eboûĩ, ûĩ	aîpó
Distal	kûé, kûeî	a'e, aîpó, akó, akûeî
Demonstrative Pronouns
	Visible	Nonvisible
Proximal	ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e ikó, ikoa, ikoba'e kó, koa, koba'e	ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e
Medial	ebokûé, ebokûea, ebokûeba'e ebokûeîa, ebokûeîba'e eboûinga, eboûingyba'e eboûĩ, eboûĩa, eboûĩba'e ûĩ, uĩa, uĩba'e	aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e
Distal	kûé, kûea, kûeba'e kûeîa, kûeîba'e	a'e, a'ea, a'eba'e aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e akó, akoa, akoba'e akûeîa, akûeîba'e

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ko, from Proto-Tupian *ᵑko.

Cognate with Chiripá koy.

Adjective

kó

1. farmy
2. having a farm

Noun

kó (possessable)

1. farm; plantation; tillage (area of land designated for agricultural growth)
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Armando Cardoso, Doutrina Cristã: doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume II, São Paulo: Edições Loyola, published 1993, page 98:

     Eremondarõpe nde rapixaba kópe?

     Did thou steal from thy neighbour's farm?

Derived terms

• kopûera

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kú

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kó”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[3] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 227—228

Wiyot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ́/
• Hyphenation: kó

Noun

kó (vocative hóko)

1. mother

Coordinate terms

• tóhš, tòd

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 23