کو
Alviri-Vidari
Adverb
کو (ko)
- (interrogative) where
Related terms
- کده (kode)
Deccani
Etymology
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Ultimately from a derivative of Sanskrit कृ (kṛ, “to do”). Compare Hindi को (ko) / Urdu کو (ko), Braj कौ (kau).
Postposition
کو (kū)
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Shortened form of اکو (aku), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *aku, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aku, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
کو (Rumi spelling ku)
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Usage notes
- Not appropriate when the audience is anyone who is elder or of higher status.
Derived terms
See also
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | standard | saya / ساي aku/ku- / اکو / كو- (informal/towards God) -ku / -كو (informal possessive) hamba / همبا (dated) |
kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive) |
royal | beta / بيتا | ||
2nd person | standard | kamu / کامو anda / اندا (formal) | |
engkau/kau- / اڠکاو/ كاو- (informal/towards God) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu / -مو (possessive) |
awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (informal) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal) | ||
royal | tuanku / توانكو | ||
3rd person | standard | dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / -ڽ (possessive) |
mereka / مريک dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal) |
royal | baginda / بݢيندا |
Urdu
Etymology
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Ultimately from a derivative of Sanskrit कृ (kṛ, “to do”). Compare Braj कौ (kau), Assamese -ক (-k).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /koː/
Postposition
Usage notes
کو (ko) marks the dative. It can be used as a postfix similar to -wards (e.g. اوپر کو (ūpar ko, “upwards”); آگے کو (āge ko, “afterwards”)).
It is suffixed to oblique forms of pronouns as well, e.g. the dative of میں (ma͠i, “I”) is مجھ کو (mujh ko).
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “को”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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