kow

See also: KOW

Translingual

Symbol

kow

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kugama.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kugama terms

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kėw, from Proto-Celtic *kawyos. Cognate with Welsh cau.

Adjective

kow

1. hollow

Derived terms

• kowa (“excavate”, verb)
• kowans (“excavation”)
• kowfordh (“tunnel”)
• kowgrom (“concave”)
• kownans (“ravine”)
• kowva (“cavity”)

Noun

kow f (plural kowyow)

1. hollow

Verb

kow

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kowa
2. second-person singular imperative of kowa

Mutation

Mutation of kow

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kow	gow	how	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Noun

kow

1. alternative form of cow

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kow     Ordinal : kowaad     Adverbial : mar

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *koów, from Proto-East Cushitic *kaww (“one”). Cognate with Maay koow, Garre kow, Aweer kow, Rendille kow, Jiiddu koow, Oromo ko'oomuu (“be lonely”), ko'uma (“loneliness”), Konso xawwaa (“alone, separate”), Dirasha haww. Compare also Beja kwo (“unit”) and Hausa kowa.

Numeral

ków f

1. one

Usage notes

• When followed by iyo, it takes the form koob.

kóob iyo tobán ― one and ten (eleven)

• When used with nouns, it takes the form hal.

hál buug ― one book

• When occurring alone as the argument of a verb, it takes the form mid.

míd keen ― bring one

References

• Saeed, J. I. (1999). "Somali". John Benjamins Publishing, page 70