ko

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

Noun

ko (plural ko)

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.

Anagrams

• OK, OK., Ok, Ok., ok

Verb

ko

1. to lie down

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

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

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

References

• “ko” in Den Danske Ordbog

Noun

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

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

Verb

ko

1. to laugh

Noun

ko m (plural ko)

1. Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

Noun

ko

1. water
2. medicine
3. relative, fellow Kotiria

References

• Kristine Stenzel, A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano)

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

Romanization

ko

1. Rōmaji transcription of こ
2. Rōmaji transcription of コ

Adverb

ko

1. why

Interjection

ko

1. why

Noun

ko

1. why

Particle

ko

1. like, as

Noun

ko

1. woman

Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Pronoun

ko (interrogative)

1. what, who (accusative case of kas)

   ko tu gribi apskatīt? ― what would you like to see?

ko (relative)

1. that (accusative case of kas)

   teksts, ko tu lasi ― the text that you're reading

2. what, who (accusative case of kas)

   tas ir tas, ko es domāju ― that is what I mean

3. which (accusative case of kas)

Interjection

ko

1. sorry?
2. pardon?
3. what?

Pronoun

ko

1. what

Particle

ko

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

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.
• Estudios de lengua y cultura amerindias II (1998) (spells it có)

Adjective

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 高)

1. high
2. tall

Noun

ko (POJ, traditional and simplified 膏)

1. paste; cream

Alternative forms

• co (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

ko m (plural kos)

1. (Sark, anatomy) neck

Alternative forms

• ku

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *koː.

Noun

ko

1. child
2. son

Noun

ko ?

1. (East dialect) cow

References

• Wikipedia article Old Norse language

Interjection

ko

1. exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

Particle

ko

1. particle prefixed to names as a determinative

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From kȁo.

References

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

Etymology 1

See Serbo-Croatian ako.

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Old Norse 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

References

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

Adjective

ko

1. my

Noun

ko

1. egg

Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Etymology

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

Noun

ko

1. cow

Particle

ko

1. present perfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

Alternative forms

• k°

Adverb

ko

1. (informal) Abbreviation of không.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).

Preposition

ko

1. with

Etymology

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

ko c (plural kij)

1. cow

Pronoun

ko

1. him/her/it (third-person singular object pronoun)

Etymology

From Persian کوه‎ (kuh).

Noun

ko ?

1. mountain