ко

See also: -ко, коˮ, ӄө, к'о, ко-, and Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Adyghe

Etymology

Cognate with Kabardian куэ (kʷɛ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰʷɜ/

Noun

ко • (kʷo)

  1. thigh
  2. thigh muscle

Declension

Declension of ко
case singular plural
indefinite ко (kʷo) кохэ (kʷoxɛ)
nominative кор (kʷor) кохэр (kʷoxɛr)
ergative ком (kʷom) кохэмэ (kʷoxɛmɛ)
instrumental ко(м)кӏэ (kʷo(m)kʼɛ) кохэ(м)кӏэ (kʷoxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive коу (kʷowu) кохыу (kʷoxəwu)

Bezhta

Etymology

Akin to Chechen ка (ka).

Noun

ко̄ • (koo)

  1. hand

Gagauz

Conjunction

ко (ko)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of ko

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ко”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 272

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *ko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko/

Noun

ко • (ko) class dd

  1. handle

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Malʹsagov, Zaurbek K. (1925), Ингушская грамматика [Ingush Grammar]‎[1] (in Russian), 1nd edition, Vladikavkaz: Printing house Svet, page 173
  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “ко”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 87a
  • Bekova, A. I.; et al. (2009), “ко”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 381b

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɔ]

Adverb

ко • (ko)

  1. (poetic, regional) how

Preposition

ко • (ko)

  1. (poetic, regional) as, like

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Preposition

ко • (ko)

  1. (with dative) to, towards

References

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kə]
  • IPA(key): [kɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈko] (when stressed)
  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

ко • (ko) [with dative]

  1. alternative form of к (k): to, towards; by, for (a specified time); etc.
    ко мне́ ― ko mné ― to me
    ко вто́рнику ― ko vtórniku ― by Tuesday

Usage notes

  • This is a variant of к (k) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as мн- (mn-).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷís).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kô/

Pronoun

ко̏ ? (Latin spelling kȍ)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
    ко си ти? ― who are you?
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
    било ко ― anybody, anyone
    мало ко ― very few people
    онај 'ко ― he who, whoever
Declension
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Declension of ко
singular/plural
nominative тко̏, ко̏
genitive ко̀га, ко̏г
dative ко̀му, ко̀ме, ко̏м
accusative ко̀га, ко̏г
vocative —
locative ко̀м, ко̀ме
instrumental ки̑м, ки́ме

Etymology 2

From ка̏о.

Contraction

ко (Latin spelling ko)

  1. (colloquial) misspelling of k'o

References

  • “ко”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “ко”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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