kú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

• ߞߎ (nko)

Noun

kú

1. yam

   Synonyms: kùdu, kùrukun

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuː]
• Hyphenation: kú

Noun

kú

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kú	kúk
accusative	kút	kúkat
dative	kúnak	kúknak
instrumental	kúval	kúkkal
causal-final	kúért	kúkért
translative	kúvá	kúkká
terminative	kúig	kúkig
essive-formal	kúként	kúkként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kúban	kúkban
superessive	kún	kúkon
adessive	kúnál	kúknál
illative	kúba	kúkba
sublative	kúra	kúkra
allative	kúhoz	kúkhoz
elative	kúból	kúkból
delative	kúról	kúkról
ablative	kútól	kúktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kúé	kúké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kúéi	kúkéi

Possessive forms of kú
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kúm	kúim
2nd person sing.	kúd	kúid
3rd person sing.	kúja	kúi
1st person plural	kúnk	kúink
2nd person plural	kútok	kúitok
3rd person plural	kújuk	kúik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• kú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuː/

  Rhymes: -uː

Noun

kú n (genitive singular kús, nominative plural kú)

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

Declension

declension of kú

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kú	kúið	kú	kúin
accusative	kú	kúið	kú	kúin
dative	kúi	kúinu	kúum	kúunum
genitive	kús	kúsins	kúa	kúanna

Noun

kú f

1. inflection of kýr:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

Jamtish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹kʰʏᵝː]

Noun

kú f

1. cow

Declension

  Declension of kú (strong consonant-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	kú	kú'a	kýr, kýn, kúer	kýn, kýn'an, kúan
dative	kú	kú'enn	kýr, kýn, kúer	kúum, kýn'um
compound-genitive	kú	―	kú	―
vocative	kú	―	kýr, kýn, kúer	―

Declension is highly irregular and this table is not exhaustive.

Mandarin

Romanization

kú (ku², Zhuyin ㄎㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦛏

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kú f (definite singular kúi, definite singular dative kúnne, indefinite plural kýr, definite plural kýrna, definite plural dative kúnom)

1. nonstandard spelling of ku (“cow”).

Old Norse

Noun

kú

1. inflection of kýr:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular