-ko-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ko-.

Interfix

-ko-

1. Marker of imperative mood in verbs in the third person, first-person plural and second-person plural.

   ‎laulaa (“he/she sings”) + ‎-ko- → ‎laulakoon (“may he/she sing”)

   ‎hankkii (“he/she acquires”) + ‎-ko- → ‎hankkikoon (“may he/she acquire”)

Usage notes

Appended to the strong verbal stem.

Swahili

Infix

-ko-

1. infixed form of -ko (“ku class_(XVII) relative marker, where”)

See also

Swahili verbal concords (third person)

class	subject concord		object concord	relative
	affirmative	negative
m(I)	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	-ye
wa(II)	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	-o
m(III)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
mi(IV)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
ji(V)	li-	hali-	-li-	-lo
ma(VI)	ya-	haya-	-ya-	-yo
ki(VII)	ki-	haki-	-ki-	-cho
vi(VIII)	vi-	havi-	-vi-	-vyo
n(IX)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
n(X)	zi-	hazi-	-zi-	-zo
u(XI)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
ku(XV/XVII)	ku-	haku-	-ku-	-ko
pa(XVI)	pa-	hapa-	-pa-	-po
mu(XVIII)	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-mu-	-mo

For a full table including first and second person,
see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns