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ku

See also: Variations of "ku"

ku - Translingual

Symbol

ku

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

ku - Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈkʊ]

Determiner

kú

  1. thy, your

ku - Ainu

Alternative forms

  • (Saru, before vowels) k

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ku]

Pronoun

ku= (Kana spelling ク)

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Usage notes

Used before verbs and adjectives to express the first person. When isolated, kuani is used. They can also be used together, thus:

  • Kuani ku=arpa wa ku=ye. ― I will go and tell him.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ku]

Verb

ku (Kana spelling ク)

  1. to drink

Derived terms

  • iku (“to drink strong drink”)

ku - Albanian

Alternative forms

Adverb

ku

  1. where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)
    • Ku po shkon? ― Where are you going?
  2. where ... at
    • Ku je? ― Where (are) you at?
  3. whither, whereto
  4. whence, where from
  5. how (to/that)
    • Synonym: si (qysh (Gheg))
    • Ku e din ai? ― How does he (want to) know that?
    • Ku më dit unë? ― How do I know that? (Gheg)
  6. where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)

Particle

ku

  1. where (used for rhetorical questions)
  2. where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)
  • kudo (“wherever”)
  • diku (“somewhere”)
  • kudo (“anywhere”)
  • kudoqoftë (“anywhere”)
  • askund (“nowhere”), askundi (“id”)
  • ndokund (“somewhere”)
  • gjëkund (“nowhere”), gjëkund (“id”)
  • asgjëkund (“nowhere”), asgjëkundi (“id”)
  • kurrkund (“nowhere”)
  • kur (“when”)
  • këtu (“here”)
  • kah m (“direction”), kahu m (“id”)
  • (Gheg) këtû, qaty

ku - Anguthimri

Noun

ku

  1. (Mpakwithi) tree
  2. (Mpakwithi) wood
  3. (Mpakwithi) stick

ku - Bambara

Noun

ku

  1. tail
  2. yam

Derived terms

ku - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/, [ku]

Noun

ku inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

Declension

indefinite singular plural
absolutive ku kua kuak
ergative kuk kuak kuek
dative kuri kuari kuei
genitive kuren kuaren kuen
comitative kurekin kuarekin kuekin
causative kurengatik kuarengatik kuengatik
benefactive kurentzat kuarentzat kuentzat
instrumental kuz kuaz kuez
inessive kutan kuan kuetan
locative kutako kuko kuetako
allative kutara kura kuetara
terminative kutaraino kuraino kuetaraino
directive kutarantz kurantz kuetarantz
destinative kutarako kurako kuetarako
ablative kutatik kutik kuetatik
partitive kurik — —
prolative kutzat — —

ku - Bura

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [kú]

Noun

ku

  1. hole

ku - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈku]

Preposition

ku

  1. (informal) to (in the direction of, and arriving at)
    • Synonyms: k, ke

ku - Ewe

Verb

kuku

  1. to die

ku - Faroese

Noun

ku n (genitive singular kus, plural ku)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

Declension

Declension of ku

ku - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈku(ˣ)/, [ˈku(ʔ)]
  • Syllabification: ku

Conjunction

ku (colloquial)

  1. Alternative form of kun
  2. Alternative form of kuin

ku - French

Alternative forms

  • cu (much less common)
  • qu (less common)

Pronunciation

Noun

ku m (plural kus)

  1. cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

ku - Guinea-Bissau Creole

Pronoun

ku

  1. when

Preposition

ku

  1. with

ku - Gun

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kú/

Verb

kú

  1. to die

ku - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/

Pronoun

ku

  1. (text messaging, informal) Alternative spelling of -ku.

ku - Ingrian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku]
  • (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku]
  • Hyphenation: ku

Conjunction

ku

  1. than
  2. like, how, to

Derived terms

ku - Japanese

Romanization

ku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of く
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ク

ku - Javanese

Pronoun

ku (personal pronoun, informal)

  1. I (personal pronoun)
  2. me (direct object of a verb)
  3. me (object of a preposition)
  4. me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. my (belonging to me)

Determiner

ku

  1. that, those

ku - Jingpho

Verb

ku

  1. to copy

ku - Kabuverdianu

Preposition

ku

  1. with

ku - Karelian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈku/

Determiner

ku

  1. which?

Pronoun

ku

  1. which, that

Declension

singular plural
nominative ku kut
genitive kun kun
partitive kuta kuta
inessive kussa kussa
elative kusta kusta
illative kuh kuh
adessive kulla kulla
ablative kulta kulta
essive kuna kuna
translative kuksi kuksi
abessive kutta kutta

Synonyms

ku - Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /kuː/, [kuː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ku/, [kuː]

Noun

kū f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter Q.

Coordinate terms

ku - Livonian

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ku

  1. how

ku - Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/

Preposition

ku (with dative)

  1. Alternative form of k (used before ch, g, and k)

ku - Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/

Pronoun

ku (Jawi spelling کو‎) (informal)

  1. I (personal pronoun)
    • Kutahu.
      • I know.
  2. me (direct object of a verb)
    • Dia mengenaliku.
      • He knows me.
  3. me (object of a preposition)
    • Dia pergi denganku.
      • He went with me.
  4. me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. my (belonging to me)
    • Ini barangku.
      • This is my stuff.

Derived terms

ku - Mandarin

Romanization

ku

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kǔ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kù.

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.

ku - Mauritian Creole

Noun

ku

  1. Alternative spelling of kou

ku - Middle English

Noun

ku

  1. Alternative form of cou

ku - Northern Kurdish

Conjunction

ku

  1. that (connecting noun clause, introducing the result of the main clause)
    • Min bihîst ku ew pir dewlemend e.
      • I heard that he is very rich.
  2. implied that (where it is grammatically necessary)
    • Min tutişt tune ku bidim.
      • I have nothing to give. OR I have nothing that I give.

Pronoun

ku

  1. which, that (of those mentioned or implied)
    • Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.
      • Use screen savers that manipulate the screen.

Derived terms

ku - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)

  1. a cow

Usage notes

  • One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

Derived terms

ku - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kʉː/

Noun

ku f (definite singular kua, indefinite plural kyr, definite plural kyrne)

  1. cow
    • Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.
      • There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.

Derived terms

Verb

ku

  1. imperative of kua

ku - Old Polish

Alternative forms

Preposition

ku [+dative]

  1. denotes allative movement; to, toward
    • Synonym: do
  2. Used datively, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
  3. until
    • Synonym: do
  4. for, benefitting
  5. because of
  6. in relation to, in terms of
  7. In terms of accompanying circumstances; at

Descendants

  • Polish: ku

ku - Papiamentu

Conjunction

ku

  1. with
  2. plus
  3. and

Adverb

ku

  1. than
  2. that
  3. which

ku - Pnar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/

Verb

ku

  1. to climb

ku - Polish

Alternative forms

  • k (Middle Polish)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/
  • Syllabification: ku

Preposition

ku [+dative]

  1. denotes allative movement; to, toward
  2. Denotes dative action, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
  3. (literary) for, benefitting
  4. Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion; to
    • ku mojemu zaskoczeniu ― to my surprise

ku - Silesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/
  • Syllabification: ku

Preposition

ku [+dative]

  1. denotes allative movement; to, toward
  2. Used datively, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to

ku - Sumerian

Romanization

ku

  1. Romanization of 𒆪 (ku)

ku - Ter Sami

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ku/

Pronoun

ku

  1. who

ku - Tocharian A

Noun

ku m

  1. dog

ku - Tocharian B

Noun

ku m

  1. dog

ku - Tsonga

Particle

ku

  1. to
    • Ku ba ndlopfu hi xibakele. ― To hit an elephant with a fist.

ku - Unami

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ku]

Adverb

ku

  1. not

ku - Veps

Conjunction

ku

  1. if
  2. when
  3. than (in comparisons)

Synonyms

  • (than): mi

Noun

ku

  1. moon
  2. month

Inflection

Inflection of ku (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing. ku
genitive sing. kun
partitive sing. kud
partitive plur. kuid

Derived terms

ku - Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku]
  • Hyphenation: ku

Conjunction

ku

  1. (relative) when
  2. if
  3. than (in comparisons)
  4. that

Adverb

ku

  1. how (in expressions of wonder)

ku - Wakhi

Pronoun

ku

  1. who

ku - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kú/

Verb

kú

  1. to die
    • Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn ― Many died in that accident
    • Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o ― My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back

Synonyms

  • dágbére fáyé (literally “to bid farewell to earth”)
  • filẹ̀ ṣaṣọ bora (literally “to use the ground as a blanket”)
  • gbèkuru jẹ lọ́wọ́ ẹbọra
  • papòdà (literally “to change position”)
  • rèwàlẹ̀ àṣà
  • rọ̀run (literally “to go to”)
  • ṣaláìsí (literally “to cease from existing”)
  • ta téru nípàá
  • tẹ́rí gbaṣọ (literally “to bow and accept to cloth”)
  • wàjà (“to enter the ceiling”)
  • wọ káà ilẹ̀ lọ (literally “to enter the hole in the ground”)

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kù/

Verb

kù

  1. to remain
    • Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ ― There're three months left until I go back

Derived terms

  • àfọ́kù (“remains; shards”)
  • àgékù
  • àjẹkù (“leftovers”)
  • àkékù
  • àkẹ̀kù (“fossil”)
  • àlòkù (“secondhand; leftover waste”)
  • àmukù (“(cigarette) butt”)
  • àṣẹ́kù (“ruins”)
  • ìdínkù (“decrease; decline”)

ku - Yurok

Noun

ku

  1. dove
Meaning and Definition of ku
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