ко

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

Adyghe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʷa]

Noun

ко • (ko)

  1. thigh
  2. Thigh muscle

Declension
declension of ко
case singular plural
indefinite ко (ko) кохэ (koxă)
nominative кор (kor) кохэр (koxăr)
ergative ком (kom) кохэмэ (koxămă)
instrumental ко(м)кӏэ (ko(m)č̣̍ă) кохэ(м)кӏэ (koxă(m)č̣̍ă)
invertive коу (kow) кохыу (koxəw)

Synonyms

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

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kə]
  • Audio(file)

Preposition

ко • (ko) (+ dative case)

  1. to, towards
    ко мне́ ― ko mné ― to me
  2. (time): by, for
    ко вто́рнику ― ko vtórniku ― by Tuesday

Usage notes

This is a variant form of к (k) used before words beginning with awkward consonant clusters such as вс- (vs-), вт- (vt-), мн- (mn-), сн- (sn-).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kô/

Pronoun

ко̏ (Latin spelling kȍ)

  1. (interrogatively, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro) who
    (т)ко си ти? ― who are you
  2. (relative and indefinite pronoun)
    било (т)ко ― anybody, anyone
    мало (т)ко ― very few people
    онај (т)ко ― he who, whoever
Declension
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
  • “ко” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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