ko

See also: kő and Appendix:Variations of "ko"

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 (East dialect ko, compare Swedish ko), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

Noun

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)

1. cow

Inflection

Inflection of ko

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

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Esperanto

Noun

ko (plural ko-oj, accusative singular ko-on, accusative plural ko-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Ewe

Verb

ko

1. to laugh

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French

Noun

ko m (plural ko)

1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

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Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• kō

Preposition

ko

1. of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, o-type

   ko mākou hale our house

   ko ke kumu kaʻa the teacher's car

See also

Hawaiian possessive pronouns

The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions.

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			koʻu, kaʻu kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type)	ko māua, kā māua (exclusive) ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive)	ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive) ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive)
2nd person			kou, kāu kō (affectionate, o- and a-type)	ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua	ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
3rd person			kona, kāna	ko lāua, kā lāua	ko lākou, kā lākou

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Japanese

Romanization

ko

1. rōmaji reading of こ
2. rōmaji reading of コ

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Karelian

Particle

ko

1. like, as

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Lithuanian

Pronoun

ko

1. what

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Lojban

Cmavo

ko (pro-sumti)

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

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Maori

Particle

ko

1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative

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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

See also

• kýr

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (cf. *kʷis).

Alternative forms

• (Croatian) tkȍ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kô/

Pronoun

kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)

1. (interrogatively, Bosnia, Serbia) who

   (t)ko si ti? — who are you

2. (relative and indefinite pronoun)

   bilo (t)ko — anybody, anyone

   malo (t)ko — very few people

   onaj (t)ko — he who, whoever

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

Etymology 2

From kȁo.

Contraction

ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)

1. (colloquial) Common misspelling of k'o.

Related terms

• kȁo

References

• “ko” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “ko” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ/
• Tonal: ko

Conjunction

ko

1. when (at the time that)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ko, from East Old Norse ko, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Old West Norse kýr and English cow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Related terms

kobent kodynga kofoder kofot kofångare kofösare

kogalenskap kogödsel kohage kohandel kohandla kohandlare kohorn

kokoppor kolugn komjölk komocka koskit koskälla

koskötare kossa kosvans kovända kovändning koögd

mjölkko renko älgko

See also

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

References

• ko in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Tagalog

Pronoun

ko

1. my

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Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Compare Tocharian B keu, English cow.

Noun

ko

1. cow

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Tuvaluan

Particle

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

Borrowing from Spanish con ("with").

Preposition

ko

1. with

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ku, English cow, Dutch koe, Low German Koh, German Kuh, and Danish ko.

Noun

ko c (plural kij)

1. cow