kuo

See also: kuò, kuǒ, and ku'o

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

kuo (accusative singular kuon, plural kuoj, accusative plural kuojn)

1. the letter q (upper case: Q), seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

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Mandarin

Romanization

kuo

1. Nonstandard spelling of kuò.

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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Middle Dutch

Noun

kuo

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of coe

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, whence also Old Saxon kō, Old Dutch kuo, Old English cū, Old Norse kýr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

kuo f

1. cow

Descendants

• Middle High German: kuo
  • Alemannic German: Chue

    Alsatian: Küeh

    Swabian:

    Walser: Chua

  • Bavarian: Kuah

    Cimbrian: khua

    Mòcheno:

  • Central Franconian: Koh, Kuh

    Hunsrik: Kuh

    Luxembourgish: Kou

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German:

    Vilamovian: kü

  • East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
  • German: Kuh
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Kuh

  • Yiddish: קו‎ (ku‎)