ko

See also kő, Appendix:Variations of "ko", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 劫 (コウ, kō)

Noun

ko (uncountable)

1. (game of Go) a local shape to which the ko rule applies, a ko shape

   Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.

2. (game of Go) ko fight

   Black wins the ko easily.

3. (game of Go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone

   Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Derived terms

• ko threat
• ko fight
• ten thousand year ko
• hanami ko

Anagrams

• ok, OK

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kýr.

Noun

ko c. (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

1. cow

Inflection

    Inflection of ko

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ko	koen	køer	køerne
genitive	kos	koens	køers	køernes

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Ewe

Verb

ko

1. to laugh

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French

Noun

ko m. inv.

1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

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Japanese

Syllable

ko

1. The hiragana syllable こ (ko) or the katakana syllable コ (ko) in Hepburn romanization.

Noun

ko (hiragana こ)

1. 子, 児: child
2. 光: light, ray, beam
3. こ: hiragana letter ko
4. コ: katakana letter ko

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Lithuanian

Pronoun

ko

1. what

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Tagalog

Pronoun

ko

1. my

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Lojban

Cmavo

ko (pro-sumti)

1. is substituted for "do" to make the bridi imperative

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Mapudungun

Noun

ko (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. water

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Min Nan

Particle

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 高)

1. a morpheme which has a root meaning of tall. It is nearly always used as part of a name or compound word.

Derived terms

• 高速 (ko-sok) high-speed
• 高溫 (ko-un) high-temperature

Particle

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)

1. a morpheme which has a root meaning of paste or cream. It is nearly always used as part of a name or compound word.

Derived terms

• trad. 齒膏, simpl. 齿膏 (khí-ko) toothpaste

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Old Norse

Noun

ko

1. (East dialect) cow

References

• Wikipedia article Old Norse language

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Rapa Nui

Interjection

ko

1. exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

Usage notes

For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.

Particle

ko

1. particle prefixed to names as a determinative

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatian) tkȍ

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kô/

Pronoun

kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

1. who

Declension

    declension of ko

	singular/plural
nominative	tkȍ, kȍ
genitive	kòga, kȍg
dative	kòmu, kòme, kȍm
accusative	kòga, kȍg
vocative	-
locative	kòm, kòme
instrumental	kȋm, kíme

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Slovene

Conjunction

ko

1. when (at what time)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at when. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ko in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) March 2010

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ko, from Proto-Germanic *kūz. Cognate with Old West Norse kýr and English cow.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kuː/

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Noun

ko c.

1. cow; female cattle
2. a female member of a number of other species, such as elk

Declension

Declension of ko

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ko	kon	kor	korna
genitive	kos	kons	kors	kornas

See also

• kossa
• oxe
• stut
• kreatur
• nöt, nötkreatur
• kalv
• kviga

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Tocharian A

Noun

ko

1. cow

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Tuvaluan

Marker

ko

1. present perfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

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Vietnamese

Abbreviation

ko

1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of không.

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Volapük

Etymology

From Spanish con (“with”).

Preposition

ko

1. with

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West Frisian

Noun

ko c. (plural kij)

1. cow