ku

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Translingual

Symbol

ku

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kurdish.

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/ [ˈkʊ]

Determiner

kú

1. thy, your

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Personal	Singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	Plural	ni	sin	ken
Reflexive	Singular	inní	isí
	Plural	ninní	isinní, sinní

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ku”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

Verb

ku (Kana spelling ク)

1. to drink

Derived terms

• iku (“to drink strong drink”)

See also

• e (“to eat”)

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) kû, kûn, kûh, ka, kah

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu (“where”). Cognate to Proto-Baltic *kur (“where”) (Lithuanian kur̃ (“id”), kur (“id”), Latvian kur), Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”) (Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde, “id”), Russian где (gde)) and Sanskrit कुह (kúha, “where”) (cf. also Sanskrit कू (kū́, “id”), Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā), 𐬐𐬏 (kū)).

See also Albanian kur (“when”).

Adverb

ku

1. where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)

   Ku po shkon? ― Where are you going?

2. where ... at

   Ku je? ― Where (are) you at?

3. whither, whereto
4. whence, where from
5. how (to/that)

   Synonym: si (qysh (Gheg))

   Ku e din ai? ― How does he (want to) know that?

   Ku më dit unë? ― How do I know that? (Gheg)

6. where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)

Particle

ku

1. where (used for rhetorical questions)
2. where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)

Related terms

• kudo (“wherever”)
• diku (“somewhere”)
• kudo (“anywhere”)
• kudoqoftë (“anywhere”)
• askund (“nowhere”), askundi (“id”)
• ndokund (“somewhere”)
• gjëkund (“nowhere”), gjëkund (“id”)
• asgjëkund (“nowhere”), asgjëkundi (“id”)
• kurrkund (“nowhere”)
• kur (“when”)
• këtu (“here”)
• kah m (“direction”), kahu m (“id”)
• (Gheg) këtû, qaty

See also

• (interrogative pronouns)
  • (nominative) kush (“who”)
  • (accusative) kë (“whom”), (kënd (“id”))
  • (dative, ablative, genitive) kujt (kuj)

Further reading

• [2] adverb/particle ku (where) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

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Anguthimri

Noun

ku

1. (Mpakwithi) tree
2. (Mpakwithi) wood
3. (Mpakwithi) stick

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

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Bambara

Noun

ku

1. tail
2. yam

Derived terms

• bananku
• kukara
• masaku

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/, [ku]

Noun

ku inan

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

Declension

Declension of ku (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ku	kua	kuak
ergative	kuk	kuak	kuek
dative	kuri	kuari	kuei
genitive	kuren	kuaren	kuen
comitative	kurekin	kuarekin	kuekin
causative	kurengatik	kuarengatik	kuengatik
benefactive	kurentzat	kuarentzat	kuentzat
instrumental	kuz	kuaz	kuez
inessive	kutan	kuan	kuetan
locative	kutako	kuko	kuetako
allative	kutara	kura	kuetara
terminative	kutaraino	kuraino	kuetaraino
directive	kutarantz	kurantz	kuetarantz
destinative	kutarako	kurako	kuetarako
ablative	kutatik	kutik	kuetatik
partitive	kurik	—	—
prolative	kutzat	—	—

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

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Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kú]

Noun

ku

1. hole

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈku]

• ku:

  (file)

Preposition

ku

1. (informal) to (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Synonyms

• k
• ke

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Ewe

Verb

kuku

1. to die

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Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin kū.

Noun

ku n (genitive singular kus, plural ku)

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

Declension

Declension of ku
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ku	kuið	ku	kuini
accusative	ku	kuið	ku	kuini
dative	kui	kuinum	kuum	kuunum
genitive	kus	kusins	kua	kuanna

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French

Alternative forms

• cu (much less common)
• qu (less common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -y
• Homophones: cul, culs, cu, cus, kus, qu, qus

Noun

ku m (plural kus)

1. cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese quando. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kantu.

Pronoun

ku

1. when

Etymology 2

From Portuguese com. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ku.

Preposition

ku

1. with

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Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon kú, Yoruba kú, Xwela Gbe nku, Aja kú, Saxwe Gbe kú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú/

Verb

kú

1. to die

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

Pronoun

ku

1. (text messaging, informal) Alternative spelling of -ku.

Further reading

• “ku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Ingrian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *ku-. Akin to Finnish kun and Estonian kui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/
• Hyphenation: ku

Conjunction

ku

1. than
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Laukaal monikkaat äänet saotaa toiseel viisii, ku Soikkolas, sannoin painutos, sklonenja, Lukaal ono vähä toisenlaajain, ja Laukaal ono sanoja, kumpa Soikkolaas ei oo, tali kummat Soikkolaas merkitsööt toista assiaa, ku Laukaal.

     In the Lower Luga dialect some sounds are pronounced in a different way, than in the Soikkola dialect, the inflection, declension of words, Lower Luga has little similar, and Lower Luga has words, that aren't in Soikkola, or that in Soikkola mean different things, than in Lower Luga.

2. like, how, to
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.

     I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, similar to blind people, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.

Derived terms

• ku vaa

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 210

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Japanese

Romanization

ku

1. Rōmaji transcription of く
2. Rōmaji transcription of ク

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Javanese

Etymology 1

Shortened form of aku, from Old Javanese aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronoun

ku (personal pronoun, informal)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Etymology 2

Clipping of iku

Determiner

ku

1. that, those

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကူး (ku:).

Verb

ku

1. to copy

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[4], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese com.

Preposition

ku

1. with

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Kamassian

Noun

ku

1. ear

References

• https://www.infuse.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/e-learning/kamas/o1_kamas.pdf

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Karelian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *ku. Cognates include Finnish kun and Estonian kus (“where?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/

Determiner

ku

1. which?

Pronoun

ku

1. which, that

Synonyms

• (relative pronoun): mi, kumpani

References

• P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 60

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cū

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuː/, [kuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku/, [kuː]

Noun

kū f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter Q.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
  Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• kui (Courland)

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *ku- ~ *ko-. Related to Estonian kuidas and Finnish kuinka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronoun

ku

1. how

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

Preposition

ku (with dative)

1. Alternative form of k (used before ch, g, and k)

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Malay

Alternative forms

• aku, daku

Etymology

Shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -ku, -u

Pronoun

ku (Jawi spelling کو) (informal)

1. I (personal pronoun)

   Kutahu.

   I know.

2. me (direct object of a verb)

   Dia mengenaliku.

   He knows me.

3. me (object of a preposition)

   Dia pergi denganku.

   He went with me.

4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

   Ini barangku.

   This is my stuff.

Derived terms

• ku-
• -ku

See also

Malay personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya／ساي aku／اکو, ku-／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／اڠکاو, kau-／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

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Mandarin

Romanization

ku

1. Nonstandard spelling of kū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kù.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Mauritian Creole

Noun

ku

1. Alternative spelling of kou

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Middle English

Noun

ku

1. Alternative form of cou

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Northern Kurdish

Conjunction

ku

1. that (connecting noun clause, introducing the result of the main clause)

   Min bihîst ku ew pir dewlemend e.

   I heard that he is very rich.

2. implied that (where it is grammatically necessary)

   Min tutişt tune ku bidim.

   I have nothing to give. OR I have nothing that I give.

Pronoun

ku

1. which, that (of those mentioned or implied)

   Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.

   Use screen savers that manipulate the screen.

Derived terms

• da ku, ji ber ku

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

ku m or f (definite singular kuen or kua, indefinite plural kuer or kyr, definite plural kuene or kyrne)

1. a cow

Derived terms

• kugalskap
• kumelk
• melkeku, mjølkeku

References

• “ku” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉː/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ku f (definite singular kua, indefinite plural kyr, definite plural kyrne)

1. cow

   Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.

   There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.

Derived terms

• kugalskap
• mjølkeku

Etymology 2

Verb

ku

1. imperative of kua

Further reading

• “ku” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese com and Spanish con and Kabuverdianu ku.

Conjunction

ku

1. with
2. plus
3. and

Etymology 2

From Portuguese que and Spanish que and Kabuverdianu ki.

Adverb

ku

1. than
2. that
3. which

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Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *kuː. Cognate with Khasi kiew and Proto-Khmuic *gaːw (“to climb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

Verb

ku

1. to climb

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Preposition

ku (+ dative)

1. towards, to

Further reading

• ku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Sumerian

Romanization

ku

1. Romanization of 𒆪 (ku)

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Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken is derived.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

Pronoun

ku

1. who

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian B ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

Noun

ku m

1. dog

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Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian A ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

Noun

ku m

1. dog

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ku”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 190

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Tsonga

Particle

ku

1. to

   Ku ba ndlopfu hi xibakele. ― To hit an elephant with a fist.

References

• "ku" in Xitsonga Dictionary

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Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *-w (negative particle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku]

Adverb

ku

1. not

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Veps

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

ku

1. if
2. when
3. than (in comparisons)

Synonyms

• (than): mi

Etymology 2

From , from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

Noun

ku

1. moon
2. month

Derived terms

• eloku
• heinku
• kezaku
• keväz'ku
• kulehtez
• kül'mku
• reduku
• semendku
• sulaku
• sügüz'ku
• tal'vku
• uhoku
• uz'ku
• viluku

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “если, месяц, когда, раз, чем”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Wakhi

Pronoun

ku

1. who

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú/

Verb

kú

1. to die

   Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn ― Many died in that accident

   Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o ― My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back

Synonyms

• dágbére fáyé (literally “to bid farewell to earth”)
• filẹ̀ ṣaṣọ bora (literally “to use the ground as a blanket”)
• gbèkuru jẹ lọ́wọ́ ẹbọra
• papòdà (literally “to change position”)
• rọ̀run (literally “to go to”)
• rèwàlẹ̀ àṣà
• ṣaláìsí (literally “to cease from existing”)
• ta téru nípàá
• tẹ́rí gbaṣọ (literally “to bow and accept to cloth”)
• wọ káà ilẹ̀ lọ (literally “to enter the hole in the ground”)
• wàjà (“to enter the ceiling”)

 

Derived terms

• ikú (“death”)
• àìkú (“immortality”)
• òkú (“corpse”)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kù/

Verb

kù

1. to remain

   Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ ― There're three months left until I go back

Derived terms

• àfọ́kù (“remains; shards”)
• àgékù
• àjẹkù (“leftovers”)
• àkẹ̀kù (“fossil”)
• àkékù
• àlòkù (“secondhand; leftover waste”)
• àmukù (“(cigarette) butt”)
• àṣẹ́kù (“ruins”)
• ìdínkù (“decrease; decline”)

 

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Yurok

Noun

ku

1. dove