קו

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• קָו

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqaww/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqav/ [ˈqaːv]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqaw/ [ˈɡæːw] (Sanaani), [ˈqæːw] (Sharaabi)
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɢæv/, [ˈʁæv]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkav/ (West), /ˈqaw/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkav/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkav/

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Noun

קַו • (kav) m (plural indefinite קווים / קַוִּים, singular construct קַו־, plural construct קווי / קַוֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. line

   קשה לצייר קו ישר.

   kashé letsayér kav yashár.

   It's hard to draw a straight line.

   • Tanach, Isaiah 28:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     כִּי צַו לָצָו צַו לָצָו קַו לָקָו קָו לָקָו זְעֵיר שָׁם זְעֵיר שָׁם׃

     kî ṣaw lāṣāw ṣaw lāṣāw qaw lāqāw qāw lāqāw zəʿêr šām zəʿêr šām.

     For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.

2. bus line

   עליתי על קו 376, לתקוע.

   alíti al kav shalósh-shéva-shesh, le tkoa.

   I went on bus line 376 to Tekoa.

Derived terms

• קוד קווים / קוֹד קַוִּים (kod kavím, “bar code”)
• קו רוחב / קַו רֹחַב (káv rókhav)
• קו רקיע (káv-rakía)

References

• H6957 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

אַ קו.

Alternative forms

• קוה (ku) — obsolete

Etymology

From Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō. Cognate with German Kuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊ/
• (Northeastern) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊ]
• (Mideastern, Southeastern) IPA^(key): [ˈkiː]
• Hyphenation: קו

Noun

קו • (ku) f, plural קי (ki)

1. cow

Coordinate terms

• אָקס (oks, “ox”)

Derived terms

• ים־קו (yam-ku)

References

• Paul Abelson (1915), “cow”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 300